Event Calendar
Settler's Cabin
The old cabin is now open to the public during museum hours. Simply ask the museum docent to unlock the cabin for you if you want to see it. You can read more about the cabin here.
Vintage Fisher-Price Toys
Temporary exhibit
Bruce Fox, a salesman for Fisher-Price for many years and the company's historian, has a display of his Disney and circus toys that will be in the museum through the end of February. At the first of March, he will replace the contents with Fisher Price toys from his Easter collection, which will be on display through the end of April. Come in and see them! He will give a presentation about this exhibit on Saturday, April 4 at 2:00 pm.
Bella Vista Civil War Roundtable
Thursday, March 5, 2020 - 7:00 pm
Our Roundtable continues to meet the first Thursday evening of each month at 7:00 p.m. at the museum. If you would like to get on their mailing list to be informed of future speakers, please contact Chuck Pribbernow at cnpribb@yahoo.com. The next meeting, on Thursday, March 5, will be Brad Davenport speaking on the Last Battle of the Civil War.
Future programs
April 2, 2020 - Jerry Moore and Dr. Chris Hugard; Aaron Van Winkle
May 7, 2020 - Clinton Willis; CSS Hunley
June 4, 2020 - Mark Christ; TBA
July 2, 2020 - Matt McCoy, Univ of AR at Fort Smith; TBA
August 6, 2020 - Terry Winschel; The Battle of Vicksburg
September 3, 2020 - Doug Kidd; Civil War Surgeon
October 1, 2020 - Russ Pennington; Battle of Arkansas Post
November 5, 2020 - Tom Dillard; Civil War Infrastructure in Arkansas
December 3, 2020 - Bob Underdown; Christmas in the Civil War
January, 2021 - Daniel Barrett; The Common Soldier
February, 2021 - Dorothy Miller; Confederate Burials in NW Arkansas
March, 2021 - Jim Irwin; Guerillas in Missouri in the Civil War
April, 2021 - Dr. Jennifer Murray; TBA
May, 2021 - Dale Phillips; The Battles of Baton Rouge and Port Hudson
September, 2021 - Cynthia Douthit; Jewish Soldiers and Civilians in the Civil War
Annual Membership Meeting
Sunday, March 15, 2020 - 2:00 pm
Our special speaker will be Jim Wozniak, who will talk about the transition, over the years, from Cooper security forces to Bella Vista's City police force.
Bella Vista Business Association Business Fair
Thursday, March 19, 2020
Historic Sites Driving Tour
Friday, March 20, 2020 - 12:30 pm
Dale Phillips will lead a tour of a number of Bella Vista's historic sites. This is a must-see tour, if you live in Bella Vista as it will give you a new appreciation for our wonderful community. Everyone will meet at the Bella Vista Historical Museum at 12:30 and divide into carpool vehicles before leaving at 1 pm. The tour will return to the museum around 4-5 pm. This is a fundraiser for the museum, so the cost is $15 for an individual and $25 for two people. To sign up, please contact Dale via email here.
Vintage Fisher-Price Toys Presentation
Saturday, April 4, 2020 - 2:00 pm
Bruce Fox, who was a salesman and the historian for Fisher-Price for many years, will give a talk about his toy collection. The presentation is free and open to the public.
Citywide Garage Sale
Friday, April 24 and Saturday, April 25, 2020
The museum will be renting spaces in front of the museum to garage sale vendors. We did this in 2019 and it was very successful. Stop by and see what they have for sale!
Mark Twain
Saturday, May 2, 2020 - 2:00 pm
Mark Twain himself will be speaking at the Bella Vista Museum! OK, so it's really Geaorge Scott, an historical reenactor, will be talking about (who else?) Mark Twain. Sponsored by Allen's Food Market.
