Bradley County Museum

Visit the past in Newton County when you step through the doors of Bradley House on the corner of Clark and Daniel Streets across from the United Methodist Church. April - October we are open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 11am til 4pm. November and December we are open Tuesdays 11am til 4pm. We are closed during Winter months. Phone 446-6247. Admission by donation.

In the reception room view albums and videos of pioneer settlers and long forgotten places. We have records of census, cemeteries and marriages in Newton County if you are looking for ancestors.

The pioneer room houses a collection of hand-made tools and furniture from the 1800's. The Arthur Pierce collection features points from the Rock Shelter People of 10,000 years ago.

The upstairs exhibit gallery features native animals preserved by taxidermists Clifford Beaver and Ray Carter. See also the first of a series of history paintings commissioned by the museum from artist Max Stanley. The painting depicts the "Trail of Tears" as it passed through the southwestern tip of Newton County.

Outdoors you may view the cellar and reconstructed well house and the Chaney House, moved from Osage, Arkansas, where it was built in 1848. It's being reconstructed by volunteers, including local school children and senior citizens.

We'll soon have an herb garden with plants used by pioneers and Indians for medicinal purposes, and a diorama depicting life in a rock shelter. You are all welcome to visit anytime.