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    Hot Springs

    National Park Arkansas

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  • Fordyce Bathhouse Visitor Center Closed

    The Fordyce Bathhouse Visitor Center is closed until Fall 2013 for a major maintenance project. A temporary park Visitor Center, along with the park store, are located in the Lamar Bathhouse at the south end of Bathhouse Row. Call for more information.

Collections

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Montage of items from Hot Springs National Park collection

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The collections at Hot Springs National Park include a wide variety of natural history specimens and cultural artifacts. Our natural history collection includes mammal and bird specimens, a small herbarium featuring species of plants that occur in the park, paleontological and geological specimens, mounted insects, and associated documents and reports.

The cultural collections include prehistoric and historic archeological materials and associated field records, historic artifacts associated with the bathing industry and the early exploration and settlement of the Hot Springs area, architectural objects related to existing and earlier bath houses, artwork, and extensive archival collections. The archives includes bathhouse records, oral histories, photographs, slides, postcards, drawings, maps, and park administrative records.

Did You Know?

The Lamar Spring and collection pool, with brick walkway surrounding, with steam rising above.

Water emerging from the hot springs in Hot Springs National Park fell as rain when the pyramids of Egypt were built—4400 years ago!