Check out a play, concert, ballet performance or something seasonal at the famous Perot Theatre. There is not a bad seat in the house and the elegance of your surroundings will add just that little bit of glamour to your experience. Learn all about local history at the Draughon-Moore Ace of Clubs House, hailed by many as a real Texarkana treasure.
At the Discovery Place Children’s Museum you can join the dinosaurs through giant prehistoric animal murals or check out the living science lab. Exhibits explore health, sound, motion, electricity, astronomy and other sciences. Your children will love playing in replicas of a 1900s general store and a 1920s kitchen. There are special exhibits and demonstrations, as well as a permanent 12-foot sound wall and an interactive “tinkering studio.”
Before the arrival of Europeans, a Caddoan tribe lived here, and you will learn about them and more of Texarkana’s past at the Museum of Regional History. The museum's centerpiece, however, is the collection of interactive exhibits exploring the area's musical history, and telling the story of Texarkana's own Scott Joplin, the father of Ragtime. And moving from music to visual arts, you can check out the Regional Arts Center, part of the Texarkana Regional Arts and Humanities Council, where permanent and visiting exhibits display regional and national artists. The lower level features student contests and exhibitions as well as a program for learning to curate exhibits. When you leave, be sure to make time to see the ArtSpark and ArtWall, an outdoor art park with an illustrated history timeline and rotating exhibitions by students from the city’s schools.
Texarkana has a lot to see and do for the whole family: a theater, a children’s museum, history exhibits and the opportunity to get out and meet local residents at the markets. Be sure that you try them all when you stay with Choice Hotels in Texarkana.