Built in 1840 as part of a frontier military post. The arsenal building orginally housed munitions, gunpowder and cannons. In 1880, General MacArthur was born in the building during the time it was used for officers quarters.
The MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History relates the military heritage of Arkansas and its citizens to a diverse and widespread audience. Located in the historic Arsenal Building in MacArthur Park--one of Central Arkansas's oldest surviving structures and the birthplace of one of this country's foremost military heroes--the museum collects, preserves, and interprets our state's rich military past from its territorial period to the present. Admission to the museum is free.
