A Land Shaped by Rivers
Appreciate this colorful tile mosaic of the Delta and its serpentine rivers. The Arkansas Delta is a land made by rivers and it is constantly changed by them. If you look up you will see some of the vast animals that inhabit the Delta plains. The upper exhibit floor also features amazing live animals for visitors to see.
The Spirit of Fishing, Hunting, and Conservation
Hunting and fishing provide a spiritual link that will get you connected with past generations, family and friends. If you have an appreciation for the animals and the ecosystems that they inhabit, you will enjoy the art and craft of hunting and fishing.
Delta Rivers Airways (3 minute movie)
Hop in our crop-duster and experience the Arkansas Delta from the sky! The Delta is a landscape of meandering rivers on a vast alluvial plain, where farms are mixed with forest and swamps. Plants, animals, and human culture have adapted to the dynamic river cycles.
Butterfly and Hummingbird Garden
The large windows of this area offer a relaxing and enjoyable wildlife-friendly garden full of color, texture, and diversity. You may spot a snake, a rabbit, a frog, or deer! For sure you will see plenty of song birds.
A Wetland is a Wet Land
Wetlands store naturally water underground, absorbing river overflows, and lessening the destructive effects of flooding. Native wild turkeys, black bears, waterfowl, and deer thrive in these watery wild lands.
The Worthless Swamp
You will learn the value of the wetlands and the wildlife on it. The wetlands provide a natural flood control, a nursery for fish and shellfish, an area to purify, and filter groundwater, food and habitat for numerous species of wildlife, and also provide recreational opportunities such boating, duck hunting, and fishing.
Big Fishes of the Delta
Arkansas boasts some of the best fishing in North America with more than 50 game species of fish. Come and appreciate some of the Arkansas' sport fishing records and see how you compare to the Delta’s record fishes.
Changes to the River
In this exhibit you will see how the Arkansas River flowed more than 150 years ago and how was the extension of the 1927 flood that almost washed away Pine Bluff.
Adaptable Plants and Animals
You will learn how do plants, in bayous and oxbows, survive constant water level changes and low oxygen levels? How do animals know where they are going in these murky waters?
River Rat House Boat Theater (10 minute movie)
Come and discover the experiences that the first explores have to go through in the wilderness of Arkansas. Learn how the settlements did get adapted for the last four and a half centuries in the deepest swampy areas of our state.
Aquariums
Oxbow aquarium: Meet the fishes and other aquatic animals that can tolerate the murky, slow current, and low oxygen levels of oxygen that are found in oxbows.
Delta Rivers aquarium: This aquarium represents the Arkansas River, with a mix of sandy bottoms and fast-flowing currents areas, and slow-moving waters areas and muddy bottoms.
Store
When you finish your expedition, pick up an educational and fun souvenir at the center’s gift shop, stocked with great books, toys, caps, shirts and much more!