Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts

The institution’s new identity is both a promise for its future and a nod to the past. The Museum of Fine Arts, which opened in Little Rock’s MacArthur Park in 1937, became the Arkansas Arts Center in 1959, and the building underwent several renovations and additions in the latter half of the 20th century. The new Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts is currently under construction in MacArthur Park, a project that began in 2016. The Art Deco façade from 1937, bearing the title “Museum of Fine Arts,” will be revealed once again as the north entrance of the new AMFA when it opens in spring 2023.