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The national museum, located near the Arkansas River in downtown Fort Smith, could draw as many as 125,000 visitors in the first full year.

The $50 million, 53,000-SF museum on the banks of the Arkansas River will feature interactive exhibits, educational programming focused on civic literacy, and tributes to marshals killed in the line of duty.

The U.S. Marshals Museum in Fort Smith — a project nearly two decades in the making — has plans to soon open its doors to the public.

FORT SMITH -- The new president and chief executive officer of the U.S. Marshals Museum estimates the facility will open to the public next summer.

He was accused of pointing at gun at two people in December 2021.

He has more than 20 years of experience in museum operations, most recently at the Putnam Museum & Science Center in Iowa.

The U.S. Marshals Museum hopes to hire a president and chief executive officer by either late this month or early August.

The U.S. Marshals Museum hopes to hire a president and chief executive officer by either late this month or early August.

A jury trial for the former president and chief executive officer of the U.S. Marshals Museum has been reset in the Sebastian County Circuit Court calendar while another for a former candidate for the county judge seat has been scheduled.

The United States Marshals Museum announced the resignation of the organization’s President and CEO, Patrick Weeks, March 4.