Awards

Arkansas State University Heritage Sites

  • Parker Westbrook Award for Lifetime Achievement, Historic Preservation Alliance of Arkansas
  • “Friends of ACDS,” Arkansas Community Development Society
  • National Preservation Award, National Trust for Historic Preservation
  • Diamond Award, Arkansas Historical Association
  • Peg Newton Smith Lifetime Achievement Award, Arkansas Museums Association
  • Heritage Educator Award, Historic Preservation Alliance of Arkansas
  • Outstanding Tourism Region, Arkansas Hospitality Association
  • Tourism Special Achievement Award, Crowley’s Ridge Parkway, Arkansas Governor’s Conference on Tourism
  • Bootstrap Award, Arkansas Great River Road, Arkansas Governor’s Conference on Tourism
  • Wayside Exhibit Media Award, Rohwer Japanese American Relocation Center, National Association for Interpretation

Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center

  • Tourism Special Achievement Award, Arkansas Governor’s Conference on Tourism
  • Promotion Award, Arkansas Delta Byways

Historic Dyess Colony:  Boyhood Home of Johnny Cash

  • Arkansas Heritage Award, Arkansas Governor’s Conference on Tourism
  • Cultural Heritage Award, Arkansas Delta Byways
  • Award for Excellence in Preservation through Restoration, Historic Preservation Alliance of Arkansas

Lakeport Plantation

  • Arkansas Heritage Award,  Arkansas Governor’s Conference on Tourism
  • Award of Merit, American Association for State and Local History
  • Contracted Exhibit of the Year,  Arkansas Museums Association
  • Excellence in Preservation through Restoration, Historic Preservation Alliance of Arkansas

Southern Tenant Farmers Museum

  • Graduate Student of the Year (Bryan Pierce), Arkansas Museums Association
  • Adult Educational Program of the Year,  Arkansas Museums Association
  • Cultural Heritage Award, Arkansas Delta Byways
  • Promotion Award, Sunken Lands Regional Chamber of Commerce