ARKANSAS ART MUSEUMS
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS & ART CENTERS


Guide to Arkansas art museums, art centers and non-profit art organizations. For the year 2025, we will be focusing more on these important art venues. Please consider joining us and supporting them whenever you can. The membership benefits are worth it, plus you will be contributing to important local and regional art resources. This guide provides you with links to as many art organization as we know about in the state. If you know of other art organizations that are not listed, please let us know.

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Ariel view of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, AR

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Welcomes all to celebrate the American spirit in a setting that unites the power of art with the beauty of nature. Explore the unfolding story of America by actively collecting, exhibiting, interpreting, and preserving outstanding works that illuminate our heritage and artistic possibilities. General admission to Crystal Bridges is sponsored by Walmart. There is no cost to view the Museum's permanent collection, which is on view year-round. The Museum is located on Museum Way, off NE J Street in Bentonville, Arkansas. If you are entering Bentonville from Interstate 49, take exit 88 and go west on Central Avenue. Travel .3 miles and turn right onto John DeShields Boulevard. After you cross NE J Street, DeShields becomes Museum Way which takes you to the Museum entrance and parking garage. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art





University Art Museums and Galleries in Arkansas

Arkansas State University Museum (Jonesboro)
Baum Gallery - University of Central Arkansas (Conway)
Fine Arts Center Gallery (U of Arkansas, Fayetteville)


Arkansas Art Centers

Arts on Main (Van Buren)
Delta Cultural Center (Helena)
The Momentary (Bentonville)
The Ozark Folk Center (Mountain View)
Rialto Community Arts Center (Morrilton)
River Valley Arts Center (Russellville)
South Arkansas Arts Center (El Dorado)
Walton Arts Center (Fayetteville)


Arkansas Non-Profit Art Organizations

Arkansas Arts Council (Little Rock)
Arkansas Craft Guild (Mountain View)
Arkansas Heritage (Little Rock)
Arkansas Historic Preservation Program (Little Rock)
Arkansas Pastel Society (Little Rock)
Artisan Alliance at Wishing Springs (Bentonville)
Batesville Area Arts Council (Batesville)
Emergent Arts (Hot Springs)
The Foundation of Art (Joneboro)
North Central Arkansas Foundation for Arts & Education (Fairfield Bay)
Thea Foundation (North Little Rock)
Wishing Spring Gallery (Bentonville)






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