Helena Museum of Phillips County

Monday-Tuesday and Thursday-Saturday 10 am-4 pm

The Helena Museum of Phillips County is the 1st purpose-built museum in Arkansas. May Belle Thatcher says hi!

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We will be closed for Memorial Day (May 25th, 2026). We will open on Tuesday, May 26th, 2026.

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We will be closed on Saturday, March 28th, 2026, and Monday, March 30th, 2026. We will be back to our normal schedule on Tuesday, March 31st, 2026.

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We will be closed on Thursday, February 26th, 2026.

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We will be open December 22-23 and 27, and closed December 25-26. We hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!

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We will be closed on Thanksgiving Day (November 27th, 2025) and open the rest of the week.

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We will be closed on Thursday, November 6th.

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Happy Halloween from the Helena Museum of Phillips County! We'd love for you to stop by today. We are open from 10-4.

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We will close at 12:00 on Saturday, October 11th.

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We will be closed on September 1st and 2nd, and September 8th, 9th, and 11th-13th. We will resume our regular hours of operation on September 15th.

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Thanks to the Arkansas Division of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism for providing funding for our new flooring.

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Image courtesy Laura Faust Dietz

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#flashbackfriday with this 1918 photo of Fred A. Faust in the office of the Poinsette #Lumber Company in West Helena, #Arkansas. Poinsette later became the Faust Band Saw Mill Company. #history #localhistory #blackandwhitephoto #sawmill #office

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Early start this morning to get control of a group of robber bees that have taken up residence in the stairwell of our main building. The plan is to set up an area for the bees to come back, then move the swarm to a new home. #AuthenticArkansas #ArkansasMade #beekeeping

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#onthisday in 1828, druggist, lawyer, and Confederate Army General Patrick Ronayne Cleburne was born in Ovens, Cork County, #Ireland. Cleburne was a resident of Helena, #arkansas prior to the American #civilwar #history #localhistory #militaryhistory #civilwarhistory #immigrant

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Porter fought in the Battle of Dutch Harbor during #WorldWar2. After returning home to West Helena, #arkansas, he ran the West Helena Furniture Store on Plaza street.

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#onthisday in 1916, local businessman and politician Jesse Edwin Porter was born in Cypert, #Arkansas. Porter served as #mayor of West Helena in 1955, and was instrumental in the #construction of the city's Municipal Building. #history #localhistory #worldwar2 #furniture

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Pearl Button Factory, De Valls Bluff, Ark.

Business/industry & natural resources photo coll (BC.PHO.10)

Explore more photos like this one at https://t.co/whEvDjeBlq

#fromthearchives #ArkansasHistory #explorearchives #yourlibraryyourhistory #NationalButtonWeek #Buttons

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Check out "5th Annual Beans, Greens and Cornbread Contest" https://t.co/sqYgoFxMEz @Eventbrite

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March is Women’s History Month, and we’re celebrating by highlighting the incredible contributions of historic women from District 24. Today, we're celebrating Dorothy McDonald Allen of Helena. KMI

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Wood nymph
Mattie Thweatt Dube
Circa 1896
Image courtesy: https://t.co/xN6M6acluE

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Can you name #5womenartist? "Madame Dube" was born Mattie Jane Thweatt in 1861 in #Arkansas. This award winning #arkansasartist had her first studio in Helena in the 1880's. #history #localhistory #salon #goldmedal #womenshistory #arkansasartist #womenshistorymonth #arkansasmade