Mosaic Templars Cultural Center

Mosaic Templars Cultural Center is a Division of Arkansas Heritage museum dedicated to preserving and interpreting African American history and culture in Arkansas. Its name honors the Mosaic Templars of America, an African American fraternal organization founded in Little Rock in 1883 whose national headquarters once stood at West Ninth Street and Broadway. The original 1913 headquarters building was lost to fire in 2005, and the present museum opened on the historic site in 2008 with a façade designed to recall the earlier structure. A major renovation completed in 2023 introduced redesigned galleries, interactive exhibits, updated technology, and expanded public spaces.

Inside, visitors can explore the story of Little Rock's once-thriving Black business district, the legacy of the Mosaic Templars of America, African American political leadership, life under segregation, arts and culture, and the achievements of notable Black Arkansans. The Arkansas Black Hall of Fame exhibit and the museum's artifact, photograph, paper, textile, and art collections broaden the story beyond a single organization to the statewide African American experience. Its combination of place-based history, first-person perspectives, interactive interpretation, and community programming makes it one of Arkansas's most important museums of Black history.