Mission:

The Siloam Springs Museum preserves and interprets the heritage of an area with a rich past.

Once an Osage Indian hunting ground, the region was settled by white pioneers in the 1830's. The city of Siloam Springs was platted in 1880. It became a popular and prosperous summer health resort because of the reputed healing powers of its mineral springs. Laid out along Sager Creek, with broad expanses of park land at its heart, the town benfited from an unusually beautiful setting. The coming of the railroad in 1893 brought an era of sustained growth as a tourist and trade center. Growth was interrupted by the Great Depression, but resumed in the 1940's as the city started to become a center for food processing and light industry.