The Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources is a museum in Smackover that documents the history of the petroleum and brine industries in South Arkansas. Established in the 1980s, the 25,000 square feet museum tells the story of oil and bromine production in southern Arkansas and features a large exhibition center, a re-created boom-era street scene in Smackover, operating replicas of oil machinery, and a 10,800 square feet archive and collection center. After the discovery of in nearby El Dorado in 1921, the sleepy town of Smackover boomed from 100 to 25,000 people within a year, and the ten-county area is still producing oil today.

4087 Smackover Hwy, Smackover, AR 71762, Phone: 870-725-2877

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