Shiloh Museum of Ozark History

Monday – Saturday • 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
118 W. Johnson Avenue, Springdale, AR

The Shiloh Museum of Ozark History is a regional history museum focusing on six counties of the Arkansas Ozarks, which includes Benton, Boone, Carroll, Madison, Newton, and Washington. The museum takes its name from the pioneer community of Shiloh, which became Springdale in the 1870s.

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The Shiloh Museum’s collection includes over 500,000 historic images, over 40,000 archival artifacts, and extensive vertical files.

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  • Timed with America’s semiquincentennial, Our Changing Landscape explores the profound transformation of the Arkansas Ozarks and its people over the last 250 years. 🏛️🍃

Through historical photographs and material culture artifacts from the Shiloh Museum archives, you’ll witness how our physical communities, natural environments, and daily lives have evolved across generations.

Plus, the exhibition features the winning entries from our Our Ozarks digital photography competition, bridging our region’s rich past with contemporary local perspectives! 📸✨

📍 On exhibit now through mid-2027 at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History.

#ArkansasOzarks #OzarkHistory #ShilohMuseum #America250
  • Preserve Your Ozark History: Free Digital Scanning Events in Gentry and Gravette! 📸📜

The Shiloh Museum of Ozark History is hitting the road to help you digitize and safeguard your family stories, historical photos, letters, and regional documents for future generations.

Our team will scan your items on-site—you keep all original physical materials along with a free digital copy. With your permission, copies will also be preserved in the Shiloh Museum archives to help protect our region’s rich history and culture!

Upcoming Event Schedule
📍 Gentry Public Library
•	When: Tuesday, September 22 | 10 AM – 12 PM
•	Special Presentation: Historian Rachel Whitaker kicks off the event with an opening talk: "Moonshine in the Ozarks."

📍 Billy V. Hall Senior Activity & Wellness Center (Gravette)
•	When: Wednesday, September 23 | 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Event Highlights
•	📁 Free Archival Scanning: Bring regional photos, historical documents, letters, and family stories.
•	💾 Keep Your Originals: Receive digital files on the spot while keeping all your physical items.
•	🏛️ Community Preservation: Help build the Shiloh Museum’s permanent regional collection.

Don't let your family history fade—bring your items by and let us help you preserve them!

#ShilohMuseum #OzarkHistory #GentryAR #GravetteAR
  • We made it through one unseasonably hot week, so let’s have some fun and play #PhotoIDFriday! 🕵️‍♂️📷

Here are five gentlemen standing on a sidewalk during what looks like the 1920s in late winter or early spring. We know the man in the center is Orville J. Hall Sr., a former professor at the University of Arkansas, so these other men might be faculty members as well!

Can you help us solve this mystery?

•	Who are the other men in this picture?
•	Where was this photo taken?

Share your thoughts and sleuthing tips in the comments below! (And if you re-share this post, please set your post privacy to Public so we can track down your leads!)

Photo is from the Shiloh Museum's Orville J. Hall Jr. and Susan Dulan Hall Collection (S-2025-57-337).

#ShilohMuseum #UniversityofArkansas #FayettevilleArkansas
  • Preserve Your Ozark History: Free Digital Scanning Events in Gentry and Gravette! 📸📜

The Shiloh Museum of Ozark History is hitting the road to help you digitize and safeguard your family stories, historical photos, letters, and regional documents for future generations.

Our team will scan your items on-site—you keep all original physical materials along with a free digital copy. With your permission, copies will also be preserved in the Shiloh Museum archives to help protect our region’s rich history and culture!

Upcoming Event Schedule
📍 Gentry Public Library
•	When: Tuesday, September 22 | 10 AM – 12 PM
•	Special Presentation: Historian Rachel Whitaker kicks off the event with an opening talk: "Moonshine in the Ozarks."

📍 Billy V. Hall Senior Activity & Wellness Center (Gravette)
•	When: Wednesday, September 23 | 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Event Highlights
•	📁 Free Archival Scanning: Bring regional photos, historical documents, letters, and family stories.
•	💾 Keep Your Originals: Receive digital files on the spot while keeping all your physical items.
•	🏛️ Community Preservation: Help build the Shiloh Museum’s permanent regional collection.

Don't let your family history fade—bring your items by and let us help you preserve them!

#ShilohMuseum #OzarkHistory #GentryAR #GravetteAR
Timed with America’s semiquincentennial, Our Changing Landscape explores the profound transformation of the Arkansas Ozarks and its people over the last 250 years. 🏛️🍃

Through historical photographs and material culture artifacts from the Shiloh Museum archives, you’ll witness how our physical communities, natural environments, and daily lives have evolved across generations.

Plus, the exhibition features the winning entries from our Our Ozarks digital photography competition, bridging our region’s rich past with contemporary local perspectives! 📸✨

📍 On exhibit now through mid-2027 at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History.

#ArkansasOzarks #OzarkHistory #ShilohMuseum #America250
Timed with America’s semiquincentennial, Our Changing Landscape explores the profound transformation of the Arkansas Ozarks and its people over the last 250 years. 🏛️🍃 Through historical photographs and material culture artifacts from the Shiloh Museum archives, you’ll witness how our physical communities, natural environments, and daily lives have evolved across generations. Plus, the exhibition features the winning entries from our Our Ozarks digital photography competition, bridging our region’s rich past with contemporary local perspectives! 📸✨ 📍 On exhibit now through mid-2027 at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. #ArkansasOzarks #OzarkHistory #ShilohMuseum #America250
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Preserve Your Ozark History: Free Digital Scanning Events in Gentry and Gravette! 📸📜

The Shiloh Museum of Ozark History is hitting the road to help you digitize and safeguard your family stories, historical photos, letters, and regional documents for future generations.

Our team will scan your items on-site—you keep all original physical materials along with a free digital copy. With your permission, copies will also be preserved in the Shiloh Museum archives to help protect our region’s rich history and culture!

Upcoming Event Schedule
📍 Gentry Public Library
•	When: Tuesday, September 22 | 10 AM – 12 PM
•	Special Presentation: Historian Rachel Whitaker kicks off the event with an opening talk: "Moonshine in the Ozarks."

📍 Billy V. Hall Senior Activity & Wellness Center (Gravette)
•	When: Wednesday, September 23 | 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Event Highlights
•	📁 Free Archival Scanning: Bring regional photos, historical documents, letters, and family stories.
•	💾 Keep Your Originals: Receive digital files on the spot while keeping all your physical items.
•	🏛️ Community Preservation: Help build the Shiloh Museum’s permanent regional collection.

Don't let your family history fade—bring your items by and let us help you preserve them!

#ShilohMuseum #OzarkHistory #GentryAR #GravetteAR
Preserve Your Ozark History: Free Digital Scanning Events in Gentry and Gravette! 📸📜 The Shiloh Museum of Ozark History is hitting the road to help you digitize and safeguard your family stories, historical photos, letters, and regional documents for future generations. Our team will scan your items on-site—you keep all original physical materials along with a free digital copy. With your permission, copies will also be preserved in the Shiloh Museum archives to help protect our region’s rich history and culture! Upcoming Event Schedule 📍 Gentry Public Library • When: Tuesday, September 22 | 10 AM – 12 PM • Special Presentation: Historian Rachel Whitaker kicks off the event with an opening talk: "Moonshine in the Ozarks." 📍 Billy V. Hall Senior Activity & Wellness Center (Gravette) • When: Wednesday, September 23 | 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Event Highlights • 📁 Free Archival Scanning: Bring regional photos, historical documents, letters, and family stories. • 💾 Keep Your Originals: Receive digital files on the spot while keeping all your physical items. • 🏛️ Community Preservation: Help build the Shiloh Museum’s permanent regional collection. Don't let your family history fade—bring your items by and let us help you preserve them! #ShilohMuseum #OzarkHistory #GentryAR #GravetteAR
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We made it through one unseasonably hot week, so let’s have some fun and play #PhotoIDFriday! 🕵️‍♂️📷

Here are five gentlemen standing on a sidewalk during what looks like the 1920s in late winter or early spring. We know the man in the center is Orville J. Hall Sr., a former professor at the University of Arkansas, so these other men might be faculty members as well!

Can you help us solve this mystery?

•	Who are the other men in this picture?
•	Where was this photo taken?

Share your thoughts and sleuthing tips in the comments below! (And if you re-share this post, please set your post privacy to Public so we can track down your leads!)

Photo is from the Shiloh Museum's Orville J. Hall Jr. and Susan Dulan Hall Collection (S-2025-57-337).

#ShilohMuseum #UniversityofArkansas #FayettevilleArkansas
We made it through one unseasonably hot week, so let’s have some fun and play #PhotoIDFriday! 🕵️‍♂️📷 Here are five gentlemen standing on a sidewalk during what looks like the 1920s in late winter or early spring. We know the man in the center is Orville J. Hall Sr., a former professor at the University of Arkansas, so these other men might be faculty members as well! Can you help us solve this mystery? • Who are the other men in this picture? • Where was this photo taken? Share your thoughts and sleuthing tips in the comments below! (And if you re-share this post, please set your post privacy to Public so we can track down your leads!) Photo is from the Shiloh Museum's Orville J. Hall Jr. and Susan Dulan Hall Collection (S-2025-57-337). #ShilohMuseum #UniversityofArkansas #FayettevilleArkansas
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Preserve Your Ozark History: Free Digital Scanning Events in Gentry and Gravette! 📸📜

The Shiloh Museum of Ozark History is hitting the road to help you digitize and safeguard your family stories, historical photos, letters, and regional documents for future generations.

Our team will scan your items on-site—you keep all original physical materials along with a free digital copy. With your permission, copies will also be preserved in the Shiloh Museum archives to help protect our region’s rich history and culture!

Upcoming Event Schedule
📍 Gentry Public Library
•	When: Tuesday, September 22 | 10 AM – 12 PM
•	Special Presentation: Historian Rachel Whitaker kicks off the event with an opening talk: "Moonshine in the Ozarks."

📍 Billy V. Hall Senior Activity & Wellness Center (Gravette)
•	When: Wednesday, September 23 | 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Event Highlights
•	📁 Free Archival Scanning: Bring regional photos, historical documents, letters, and family stories.
•	💾 Keep Your Originals: Receive digital files on the spot while keeping all your physical items.
•	🏛️ Community Preservation: Help build the Shiloh Museum’s permanent regional collection.

Don't let your family history fade—bring your items by and let us help you preserve them!

#ShilohMuseum #OzarkHistory #GentryAR #GravetteAR
Preserve Your Ozark History: Free Digital Scanning Events in Gentry and Gravette! 📸📜 The Shiloh Museum of Ozark History is hitting the road to help you digitize and safeguard your family stories, historical photos, letters, and regional documents for future generations. Our team will scan your items on-site—you keep all original physical materials along with a free digital copy. With your permission, copies will also be preserved in the Shiloh Museum archives to help protect our region’s rich history and culture! Upcoming Event Schedule 📍 Gentry Public Library • When: Tuesday, September 22 | 10 AM – 12 PM • Special Presentation: Historian Rachel Whitaker kicks off the event with an opening talk: "Moonshine in the Ozarks." 📍 Billy V. Hall Senior Activity & Wellness Center (Gravette) • When: Wednesday, September 23 | 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Event Highlights • 📁 Free Archival Scanning: Bring regional photos, historical documents, letters, and family stories. • 💾 Keep Your Originals: Receive digital files on the spot while keeping all your physical items. • 🏛️ Community Preservation: Help build the Shiloh Museum’s permanent regional collection. Don't let your family history fade—bring your items by and let us help you preserve them! #ShilohMuseum #OzarkHistory #GentryAR #GravetteAR
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