Old Independence Regional Museum in Batesville Wins Award

Old Independence Regional Museum in Batesville received from the Arkansas Museums Association its 2009 Exhibit of the Year–Produced In-house Award for the museum’s “Living Off the Land …Season by Season” exhibit. This year the association’s annual conference was held on March 24-25 and was hosted by … [Read more...]

Inspirational Program Slated for the Museum

Inspirational Program Slated for the Museum “This I Believe” will be the inspiring program topic at Old Independence Regional Museum on Sunday afternoon, July 12, at 4 p.m.  Six people will share their committed beliefs during this meeting. Tate Lawrence, Sheriff of Izard County, will center … [Read more...]

Old Independence Regional Museum’s New Map Exhibit Goes Up August 16

Maps have been guideposts for travel and exploration, and have expanded people's understanding of the world, since the earliest of times. Old Independence Regional Museum focuses on this through its new exhibit "Maps: From Here to There and Then to Now."  It will display maps from the distant past … [Read more...]