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Historic Sites in Little Rock
Explore 5 historic places in Little Rock, from museums and landmarks to destinations connected with defining events and eras in American history.
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Arkansas State Capitol
Little Rock, AR
Arkansas's working statehouse is a grand early-20th-century neoclassical landmark where visitors can explore the architecture, history, and ongoing work of state government.
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Historic Arkansas Museum
Little Rock, AR
A preserved downtown Little Rock city block where restored frontier-era buildings, living history, and Arkansas-made art reveal the state's early history and creative traditions.
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Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
Little Rock, AR
A nationally significant civil rights landmark where the Little Rock Nine challenged school segregation in 1957 and tested the federal government's commitment to enforce desegregation.
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Mosaic Templars Cultural Center
Little Rock, AR
An immersive museum on Little Rock's historic West Ninth Street preserving and celebrating African American history, culture, entrepreneurship, and achievement in Arkansas.
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Old State House Museum
Little Rock, AR
Arkansas's original state capitol preserves a landmark Greek Revival building that witnessed statehood, secession, political conflict, and generations of public life.
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Road Trips Through Little Rock
Arkansas Statehood & the Making of Little Rock
Follow Arkansas from territorial-era Little Rock through statehood and into the construction of its modern seat of government.
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Little Rock: From Segregation to Civil Rights
Trace Little Rock’s Black history and the 1957 school-integration crisis through three nationally and statewide significant sites.
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