Arkansas Old State House Museum, Little Rock Photos

The old Arkansas State House (1833-1845) designed by Gideon Shryock is now used as the state museum. The museum features period furniture, a rich collection of pre-Columbian pottery excavated in Arkansas, political memorabilia, & objects covering Arkansas history.

See also: Arkansas & Little Rock, U.S. State Capitols
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Old Arkansas State House (1833-1845). Style: Greek Revival. Architect: George Weigart & Gideon Shryock. On National Register.

Iron gates of Old Arkansas State House.

Old Arkansas State House now the state museum.

Old State House Fountain was displayed at 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition was cast in Alabama out of Civil War cannons.

Seal of Arkansas on Old State House.

Neoclassical details of Old State House.

Rotunda of Old State House.

Staircase of Old State House.

House of Representatives chamber (1836) in Old State House.

House of Representatives desks & chairs in Old State House.

Antique map of Arkansas in House of Representatives chamber in Old State House.

Legislative Chamber enlarged in 1885 in Old State House.

Colonial period room in Old State House Museum.

Armoire in Old State House Museum.

Civil War era room in Old State House Museum.

Seal of the Confederate States of America showing George Washington in Old State House Museum.

Bronze bust of Thomas Jefferson (c1937) in Old State House Museum.

Faubus for President campaign button in Old State House Museum.

Faubus for Governor & Winthrop Rockefeller campaign buttons in Old State House Museum.

Al Smith & Joe Robinson Presidential campaign buttons in Old State House Museum.

New York World's Fair key in Old State House Museum.

Arkansas Governor's mansion china in Old State House Museum.

Apple blossom china from Arkansas Governor's mansion in Old State House Museum.

Portrait of Hillary Clinton (1983) by Josephine.

President Bill Clinton's campaign buttons in Old State House Museum. Arkansas Old State House Museum President Clinton Displays

Bowie knife (c1848), an Arkansas invention, at Old State House Museum.

Medical Instruments from Mexican American War era (1846-8) at Old State House Museum.

Clay seated male figure (c1000-1100 CE) from Cahokia Spiro Mound near St Louis at Old State House Museum. Arkansas Native Heritage


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