Lower White River Museum State Park

{{short description|Museum in Arkansas, USA}}

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| name = Lower White River Museum State Park

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| map_type = Arkansas#USA

| map_caption = Location in Arkansas

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| map_dot_label = Lower White River Museum

| coordinates = {{coord|34|58|37|N|91|30|58|W|display=inline}}

| former_names = Des Arc Archeological Center Bethell Pioneer Museum, Des Arc Archeological Museum, Prairie County Museum

| established = 1970

| location = 2009 Main Street, Des Arc, Arkansas, United States

| type = History

| website = [https://www.arkansasstateparks.com/parks/lower-white-river-museum-state-park Lower White River Museum State Park]

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Lower White River Museum State Park is a state-run museum located on Main Street in Des Arc, Prairie County, Arkansas, United States, that interprets the history of the lower portion of Arkansas’s White River during the hundred-year period of 1831-1931. Founded in 1970, the museum underwent several name changes before falling under the purview of the museum services division of the parks and tourism department in 1979.

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{{cite web |url=https://res.cloudinary.com/miles-extranet-dev/image/upload/v1538062354/ArkansasSP/account_documents/30/52ea7d12c35d99d508fbb582586b6b3c_LowerWhiteRiverMuseumStatePark-ParkInformationBrochure.pdf |title=Lower White River Museum State Park Brochure |publisher=Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism |year=2018 |access-date=March 30, 2021}}

{{cite encyclopedia |title=Lower White River Museum State Park |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/lower-white-river-museum-state-park-1252/ |author=Staff of the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism |date=July 28, 2016 |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture |publisher=Butler Center for Arkansas Studies at the Central Arkansas Library System |access-date=March 30, 2021}}

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