The Walmart Museum 21c Museum Hotel

The Walmart Museum, one of Bentonville’s most popular attractions, is housed inside Sam Walton’s original 5&10 variety store on the downtown square. The family friendly museum has interactive galleries, exhibits and The Spark Café Soda Fountain. Self-guided or virtually, visitors can tour the original 5&10 store, complete with its vintage redand-green floor tiles and tin ceiling, or take a virtual tour of “Mr. Sam’s” old office and his trusty Ford F-150.

Also popular is The Spark Café, which proudly serves Yarnell's ice cream, a family brand made in Searcy, Ark. Choose from delicious custom flavors, including Spark Cream, made in Walmart colors blue and yellow.

The Walmart Museum, including Walton’s 5&10 and The Spark Café, are closed while they undergo an extensive renovation through Spring 2024. During the renovation, visitors may visit the museum's temporary home at The Walmart Museum Heritage Lab at the nearby Ledger Building, 240 S. Main St.

Located just off the northeast corner of the downtown square, a short walk from Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, 21c Museum Hotel is a boutique hotel and contemporary art museum, also home to the award-winning restaurant The Hive. The 104-room hotel boasts 12,000 square feet of contemporary art space with rotating curated exhibitions, site-specific multimedia installations and other cultural programming. Bentonville's 21c has been voted a Top Ten Hotel of the South and a Top Hotel in the World by Conde Nast Traveler, and a #1 Hot New Hotel by Tripadvisor. Under the direction of Arkansas native, Executive Chef Micah Klasky, The Hive pays tribute to regional High South cuisine, while the bar and lounge is the perfect place to entertain clients or grab a casual bite with friends.

Lawrence Plaza Ice Rink & Splash Park

Lawrence Plaza, a 7,000-square-foot multiuse facility just north of the downtown square, offers family friendly events year-round. From midMay through September, the plaza is converted into a summer splash park, which features more than 80 fountain jets and safe water fun for the whole family. From mid-November through January, the plaza is an ice-skating rink that has themed skate nights, hockey games, skating lessons and more. The rink is available for private parties, and hosts free movie nights during the winter holiday season on a giant inflatable outdoor screen.