LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) The Arkansas Arts Center will move into a former Walmart in Little Rock while the downtown museum gets a nearly $99 million makeover.
Museum officials said Monday the old Walmart Neighborhood Market will begin housing its staff, art classes and children’s theater rehearsals in September. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports the move comes about a month before crews are scheduled to break ground on the center’s more than two-year renovation project.
The museum’s nonprofit foundation didn’t disclose the lease terms.
The museum’s interim executive director, Laine Harber, says the deal allows the
center to keep staff employed, maintain daily programming and continue museum
school classes for its roughly 3,000 students.
The museum in November announced a partnership with the Central Arkansas
Library System to display some of its artwork.
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