Rogers Historical Museum

Rogers Historical Museum will use its grant to support the “Permanent Exhibits Design Project,” a project to complete the redesign of its permanent exhibit space. Since 2006 the museum has been working toward construction of a 27,000-square-foot facility with 6,100 square feet of permanent exhibition galleries. The new exhibit space incorporates a revised interpretive plan and focuses on themes central to the history and culture of Northwest Arkansas. A series of five permanent exhibits in a total of 5,000 square feet will offer an overview of the people, places, and events that define the special character of Northwest Arkansas. The museum received a major contribution from the City of Rogers, in addition to a 2010 National Endowment for the Humanities grant.