Great River Road Network of Interpretive Centers Visit Checklist
State Commissioner visits annually or bi-annually by making an appointment with the I.C. Director or appropriate personnel.
The goal is to develop a stronger relationship between the Interpretive Centers (I.C.) and the MRPC.
During the visit, the commissioner will review the checklist and share new or ongoing information about the MRPC. The talking points should include benefits of being an I.C. (e.g., featured on website, printed maps, social media, itineraries and more.)
- Interpretive Center Visited Lakeport Plantation Museum
- Date of VisitMar 14, 2025
- Visiting Commissioner's Name
- Name, Title, Email and Telephone Number of I.C. Personnel InterviewedRuth O'Loughlin
- What are your regular hours?Monday to Friday, 9-3:30 Guided Tours on the hour from 9-3 Self-Guided Tours anytime from 9-3:30
- What is your admission pricing?Adult Guided Tour-$15, Senior (65+) Guided Tour-$12, Self-Guided Tour-$10
- How many visitors do you see annually?about 1500
- Does I.C. have a website?Yes
- Website URLhttps://lakeport.astate.edu
- Do you have a button on your website with the Great River Road logo and link to the experiencemississipprver.com website?Yes
- URL to page where button is locatedhttps://lakeport.astate.edu
- When will you be adding a logo and link?
- Do you have a Facebook page?Yes
- Facebook URLhttps://www.facebook.com/LakeportPlantation
- Do you carry GRR maps or rack cards for sale, distribution or on display?Yes
- Do you display a GRR banner or other signage?Yes
- Are your frontline personnel knowledgable of the GRR? Do they receive any formal training?Yes
- Do you have photos or video of your I.C. to share for promotional use?No
- What other Interpretive Centers do you communicate with regarding GRR activities?Lake Chicot State Park, Lake Village, AR World War II Japanese American Internment Camp Museum and Historic Site, McGehee and Rohwer, AR Historic Dyess Colony: Johnny Cash Boyhood Home, Dyess, AR Greenville, Mississippi Welcome Center/Museum of the Blues, Greenville, MS Vicksburg National Military Park, MS Poverty Point, LA
- How could the state or national MRPC help your interpretive center?
- What do you need from us?
- How have you worked with the MRPC in the past?promoting additional sites throughout the region
- How does being affiliated with the Great River Road help your visitation?Being on the GRR is one of the top ten ways visitors learn about our site.
- Do many people visit your IC because they are travelling the Great River Road?Yes
- Has the status as an All-American Road led to more visitation?No
- Do people know about this designation and why it matters?No
- How does your organization currently connect visitors to the Mississippi River and the Great River Road?The Lakeport Plantation Home was built facing the river in 1859. A levee now stands where the river was when the house was built. We interpret history of the region from the 1830s to the modern era focusing on agriculture from the establishment of slave labor camps along the Mississippi River, to Reconstruction, to sharecropping, to mechanization of farming today.
- Are the descriptions for your listing on the National Great River Road website and, if applicable, on your state’s Great River Road website up to date?No
- Please send updated information as needed, along with a photo (or photos) that you’d like us to use for promotional purposes.We've added museum to the site name to be Lakeport Plantation Museum.
- What are you doing to engage diverse audiences?We are continuously researching to learn more about the individuals who were enslaved and worked as sharecroppers at Lakeport and throughout Chicot County. We engage with descendant communities to include their stories to give a more full narrative of life in Chicot County, Arkansas.
- Is the contact information on you website up to date?Yes
- Please send updated information as needed, include a phone number and email contact?We've added museum to the site name to be Lakeport Plantation Museum.
- COVID-19 Impacts
- How has Covid affected your staff and visitation at your IC over the past two years?
- How are you planning to adjust or how have you adjusted in 2022?
- What do you see as the long-term impacts?
- How can MRPC help with regard to the impacts of Covid?
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