Arkansas: Camping, hiking, fishing, music, boating, swimming, tennis, golf, nature, Civil War history, hunting for diamonds - what do all these things have in common? You can partake of them at an Arkansas State Park. There are fifty-one natural preserves that have been set aside for generations to come in addition to six national park sites.

The arts in Arkansas are as varied as the tastes of patrons. Enjoy national Broadway touring performances, repertory and community theatre productions, symphony orchestras, opera, arts centres and ballet. Eclectic art galleries are found in profusion in such towns as Little Rock, Hot Springs and Eureka Springs.

The William J. Clinton Presidential Center opens in November 2004. Located in a new 27 acre city park along the south bank of the Arkansas River in Little Rock, the centre will include the Presidential Library and Archives, the renovation of the abandoned Rock Island Railroad Bridge as a pedestrian crossing and adaptive reuse of historic Choctaw Station, built in 1899.