The Arkansas State University Museum has installed a new permanent exhibit in the main gallery.  "Arkansas Growing Up" includes 17 maps from the museum collection dating from 1823 to 1895. 

The maps are located near Old Town and adjacent to Living Off the Land, which is under construction.  Some maps depict Arkansas only and others include Arkansas with surrounding states. 

The maps show changes that occurred across the state as it developed.  Included in the exhibition is an 1823 map listing geographic and historic facts along with statistics for Arkansas Territory.  An 1836 map lists steamboat routes and mileage.

There are baseline survey maps from 1840, 1844, 1851 and 1853 showing corrections and changes to previous maps.  Arkansas during the Civil War is depicted, as well as later maps showing the expansion of roads and railroads.  

This project is sponsored in part by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The Arkansas State University Museum is open to the public.  Museum hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.  For more information call the Museum at (870) 972-2074.

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