Discover Arkansas' frontier past at Historic Arkansas Museum.

Make your Labor Day weekend entertaining and educational by visiting Historic Arkansas Museum, Clinton Presidential Center, Heifer Village, Old State House Museum, and the Arkansas Arts Center -- all in downtown Little Rock.

Historic Arkansas Museum, 200 E. Third St., (501) 324-9351, is all about Arkansas frontier history. Tour the grounds and visit a pre-Civil War neighborhood, including the oldest home still standing in Little Rock, and the site where William Woodruff once printed the Arkansas Gazette. Inside the Museum Center you'll find Arkansas-made art and artifacts in four exhibit galleries, contemporary Arkansas art in the Trinity Gallery, and an interactive children's gallery. Hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday (including Labor Day) through Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. Tours of historic homes are $2.50 for adults, $1.50 for seniors over 65 and $1 for children under 18.

Heifer Village, 1 World Ave., (501) 907-8800, on the Heifer International Campus, introduces visitors to the possibility of a world free of hunger and poverty with interactive exhibits that provide a stimulating and thought-provoking educational experience. Hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday (including Labor Day) through Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. 

Old State House Museum, 300 W. Markham St., (501) 324-9685. Discover Arkansas' intriguing history at the Old State House Museum. Of special interest is Arkansas/Arkansaw, which uses artifacts -- such as Black Oak Arkansas' washboard and an almanac from Lum and Abner's Jot 'em Down Store -- and video to explore Arkansas's hillbilly reputation. Hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday (including Labor Day) through Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free.

Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, 501 W. Ninth St., (501) 683-3593. This facility houses more than 8,000 square feet of interactive and educational exhibits focusing on preserving, interpreting and celebrating African American history, culture and community in Arkansas from 1870 to the present. Hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday (Labor Day) through Saturday (closed Sunday). Admission is free.

Clinton Presidential Center, 1200 President Clinton Ave., (501) 374-4242, houses permanent exhibits that focus on President Bill Clinton's campaign, inauguration, vice president Al Gore, the Cabinet Room, statistical portraits, life in the White House, a Clinton administration time line, a full-size replica of the Oval Office and the continuing work of the Clinton Foundation. It's open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday (including Labor Day) through Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $7 for adults, $5 for senior citizens, $3 for children ages 6-17. 

Arkansas Arts Center, Ninth and Commerce streets, (501) 372-4000, is home to a collection of unique works on paper from the Renaissance to the present. Masterworks include paintings by Diego Rivera, Odilon Redon and Francesco Bassano, sculpture by Henry Moore, Louise Nevelson and Roy Lichtenstein and prints by Rembrandt, Whistler and Durer. Another major collection is made up of contemporary objects in craft media by artists such as Dale Chihuly, Albert Paley, Peter Voulkos and Dorothy Gill Barnes. It's open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday (it will be closed on Labor Day). Admission is free.