Clinton House Museum - Fayetteville, Arkansas - Museum

Clinton House Museum is situated at California Boulevard in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It is located on the edge of the University of Arkansas campus, just two blocks east of Bud Walton Arena and several blocks west of the Fayetteville Square. The opening hours are 8.30am to 4.30pm Monday to Saturday and the museum remains closed on Sundays.

The museum was the first home of former President Bill Clinton and his wife Senator Hillary Clinton, and was the location for their wedding back in 1975. A replica of Hillary's wedding dress is on display along with many photos. The building is quite a modest one bedroom 1930s style English bungalow and is now showcasing the life and time of the Clintons during their time in Arkansas.

They were both law professors at the university and the museum provides visitors with an insight in to their early political careers here. Two large display cases have many pieces of Bill Clinton's campaign memorabilia such as pins, brochures, posters, bumper stickers and newspaper articles. Visitors can also watch footage of campaign speeches during Clinton's various political campaigns in the video room.

Visitors can purchase souvenirs and gifts from a little shop at the museum, which has many Clinton mugs, t-shirts, caps, books and other things, while in the corner of the gift shop is a life-size cut out of Hillary Clinton. Small gatherings, meetings and parties can be held here with space inside for up to 50 guests and additional space is possible by adding tents in the grounds outside. Group tours are welcome here with special discounted rates for students in a school group as well as other groups of more than eleven people.

The museum is one of four Clinton related visitor attractions that form the "Billgrimage'' in Arkansas. To help visitors learn more about these places when they visit them, an Arkansas Passport has been created providing information about each one. The other three Clinton sites are The Clinton Birthplace Museum in Hope, Hot Springs Visitor Center and The Clinton Presidential Center Museum Store in Little Rock.

There are a number of hotels and restaurant within a few kilometers of the museum in Fayetteville. For visitors wishing to stay in the area there are the Staybridge Suites in West 15th Street or the Homewood Suites in North Palak Drive, both of which are approximately two kilometers away. Best Western Suites, Super 8 and Comfort Inn are also in Fayetteville and just two and a half kilometers from the museum.

Within a kilometre of the museum visitors can eat at Geno's Pizza in West Dickson Street, Brenda's Bigger Burger in West 6th Street or Grub's Bar & Grille in North West Avenue. Visitors to the area interested in antiques might like to see French Quarters Antiques, which is a shop located in North Block Avenue and about one and a half kilometers from the museum. A bit further afield is the scenic railway at the Arkansas Missouri Railroad at East Emma Springdale.