Visit the Arkansas Railroad Museum, in the old Cotton Belt shops at Pine
Bluff... tour the Band Museum, the only museum in the country devoted to
band instruments and band history... learn about the musical offerings of
the Pine Bluff Symphony... explore the Pine Bluff/Jefferson County
Historical Museum located in Pine Bluff's vintage Union Station train depot
and the Keepers of the Spirit exhibit at the University of Arkansas at Pine
Bluff. Take a look at the Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, a gorgeous
structure that houses theater and galleries.
Arkansas Railroad Museum
She's a real beast at 368 tons. She measures 100 feet front to back. It takes 150 gallons of water and 15 gallons of oil a mile just to send her smokin' down the tracks. She's Engine 819, Pine Bluff's legendary queen of steam at the Arkansas Railroad Museum.
Engine 819 holds court with other rolling stock in the vintage shop buildings of the Cotton Belt Railway at Pine Bluff. The huge shop was once part of a chain of shops that kept engines and cars rolling along a huge rail system through the South.
Come see Engine 819 and the other vintage rolling stock on display. Located just off U.S. Highway 65. The Museum is open weekdays and Saturdays 8:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m.
Special tours can be arranged by contacting the Visitors Bureau.
For more information, contact:
Pine Bluff Convention & Visitors Bureau
One Convention Center Plaza
Pine Bluff, AR 71601
(870) 535-8819
(870) 536-7600
The Band Museum
Visit the only museum in the country devoted to band instruments and the history of the band movement in America. Our collection includes hundreds of vintage and antique band instruments, some dating to the early 1700s.
- See instruments previously owned by famous band musicians.
- Brass, percussion, woodwinds - all types of band instruments.
- Rare band photos and instruments.
- The museum is housed in a vintage downtown Pine Bluff
building, built in 1890.
For more information, contact:
The Band Museum
423-425 Main Street
Pine Bluff, AR 71601
(870) 534-HORN(4676)
Entertainers Hall of Fame
In 1998 the Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame opened its doors to the public,
for the first time, with a permanent home. Located in the Pine Bluff Convention
Center, a life size talking animatronic statue of Johnny Cash greets visitors
with songs that he is well known for singing throughout his career. Other well-known
Arkansas entertainers, both performing and non-performing, who have been inducted
into the Hall have contributed artifacts that run the length of their careers.
With twenty-seven present inductees, such as Art Porter, Sr., Lum & Abner,
Mary Steenburgen, Al Green, The Browns, Randy Goodrum, Tracy Lawrence, Wayland
Holyfield, Levon Helm, Charlie Rich, Conway Twitty and still more to come, this
is an attraction that has something to offer each visitor.
Jefferson County Historical Museum
See displays of tools, relics and cotton farming implements, plus Victorian furniture, clothing, Civil War artifacts and antique dolls. The Museum is located at the Union Station train depot, corner of 4th and State. This depot has been restored and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
For more information, contact:
Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Historical Museum
201 E. 4th Street
Pine Bluff, AR 71601
(870) 541-5402
Leedell Moorehead-Graham Fine Arts Gallery
Visit the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff for a tour of "Keepers of the Spirit", a series of 25 four-by-eight-foot panels on permanent display in the west wing of the Leedell Moorehead-Graham Fine Arts Gallery located in the Isaac Hathaway Fine Arts Center, that traces the 120-year history of the University, using photographs, texts and memorabilia.
The exhibit is divided into four periods:
- (1875-1927) The legacy of Branch Normal College and the AM&N School
- (1928-1942) The legacy of John Brown Watson and AM&N College
- (1943-1972) The legacy of L.A. Davis, Sr., and AM&N College
- (1972-1993) UAPB; a legacy in the making.
This history project is a follow-up to "Persistence of the Spirit", the popular exhibit which filled a major void in Arkansas' history by providing a chronological suryvey of the black experience in Arkansas.
In the east wing of the Gallery, you can see monthly series of exhibits by regional and national artists on display.
Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday
Open weekends and evenings for groups by appointment.
For more information contact:
Art Department/University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
1200 North University Drive
Pine Bluff, Arkansas 71601
(870) 543-8236
Pine Bluff Symphony
An outstanding string program was begun in the Pine Bluff public schools in 1980, and this resulted in the formation of a youth orchestra. The Pine Bluff Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1987, to give these students an opportunity to improve and continue their skills and to raise their sights in life -- both now and in the future. Many of the Pine Bluff Symphony Orchestra members are local residents (including some of these students) who are sharing their talents and helping expose our community to a quality of music we would rarely hear otherwise.
For more information, contact:
Pine Bluff Symphony
P.O. Box 1594
Pine Bluff, AR 71613-1594
(870) 536-7666
Old Town Theatre Centre
The Old Town Theatre Centre is dedicated to the restoration and preservation
of the Saenger Theatre and the maintenance of the Community Theatre Museum in
downtown Pine Bluff.
The Saenger Theatre is home of the annual Pine Bluff Film Festival on the first
weekend of October. The festival features a silent film with it's original music
score played by the Pine Bluff Symphony.
The Community Theatre Museum is the oldest one-screen theatre still operating
in Arkansas. The museum shows vintage films, hosts a lecture series and hosts
"Wednesday Off Main" each week.
For more information, contact:
Old Town Theatre Center
207 West 2nd Street
Pine Bluff, AR 71601
(870) 434-8880
http://ethos.rhet.ualr.edu/~saenger/index.html
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