Celebration time for the Crittenden County Museum

Earle-based museum celebrates one year since grand reopening, invites visitors

By CLAUDIE MAPLES

Crittenden County Museum

EARLE — We are excited to celebrate the Restoration, Re-Opening and Dedication of the Crittenden County Museum located at 1112 Main Street, Earle, Arkansas, in the Old Missouri Pacific Train Station The museum has been reopened one year and we are acknowledging the one year of entertaining guests from near and far. Our Director, PJ Cox received many people from across the state and you may say the nation, because we had visitors from various states and countries.

We had several invitations to churches, civic organizations, Senior Citizens groups came from Wynne, AR and Harrisburg, AR along with our local citizens, some came to visit as a group and then some made

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LEFT: Visit the Crittenden County Museum in Earle and view artifacts and documents from our county’s history. ABOVE: Visitors to the museum can get a tour through time all about Crittenden

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a revisit alone to take more time to visit the exhibits and get a real time presentation of the information.

Acknowledging all of our guests and saying thank you for passing through this magnificent portrayal of art from around the country with many displays, Near the end of our first year of being re-open, we had visitors from Cameroon, Africa and they were Cletus Asongwe, Jeff Esong, and Fabia Lyongue, to stop by along with our Mayor Jaylen Smith’s Administrative Assistant, Victoria Norment-Mathis. The excitement of the visitors from Cameroon could not be measured to see all the details portrayed in the pictures and preserved pieces.

We desire the public community to enjoy this awesome exhibit of history within our community.The hours are posted Wednesday- Saturday 10:00 AM5:00 PM The museum board is searching for a director, Mrs PJ Cox, retired from the position.

The staff at the Crittenden County Museum would love to show you all the renovations they have enjoyed over the past year.

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