Arkansas State Park Guide 2008 - (Page 10) Arkansas State Parks Stories of Black Gold Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources P Box 7, Smackover, AR 71762 .O. 870-725-2877 n Fax: 870-725-2161 e-mail: museumnaturalresources@arkansas.com n amnr.org Museum GPS: 33° 19.7' 47.3" N / 92° 42.1' 7.7" W Featuring state-of-the-art exhibits inside, and working oil field equipment outside in its adjacent Oil Field Park, this museum shares the fascinating stories of this region’s natural resources with emphasis on petroleum and brine recovered for bromine extraction. Explore the museum and stroll along the streets of a 1920s Arkansas boom town or travel back 200 million years ago to discover the origins of oil. Take a chance drilling to see if you will become an oil tycoon or go flat broke. Learn how 95 percent of the products we use daily are made of or with two of Arkansas’s natural resources. Admission is free. The museum is on Ark. 7 two miles south of Smackover. Open—8 a.m.-5 p.m. (Monday-Saturday); 1 p.m.-5 p.m. (Sunday) Closed—New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Eve through Christmas Day 10 http://www.arkansasstateparks.com/museumofnaturalresources/ http://www.arkansasstateparks.com/museumofnaturalresources/
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