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==Arts and culture== ===Annual events=== The '''Fall Festival and Trade Days''' showcases games, activities and numerous entertainment and sports events. These include a 5K run/walk, arts & crafts booths, a BQ cook-off, balloon liftoff, beauty pageant, bunco tournament, co-ed softball tournament, dessert contest, dunking booth, face painting, food vendors, a great pumpkin treasure hunt, pet costume contest, pie eating contest, sidewalk sales, and the Tyson/Calvin Brown basketball tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pnpartnership.org/index.php/chamber-of-commerce/fall-festival|title=Fall Festival and Trade Days|work=Prescott-Nevada County Economic Development and Prescott-Nevada County Chamber of Commerce - PNPartnership.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansas.com/events/details.aspx?id=105332|title=Fall Festival and Trade Days|work=Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism - Arkansas.com}}</ref> ===Libraries=== The Prescott/Nevada County Library was completed on November 4, 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.pcfa.org/index.php/ref/17202|title=New Library Open for Business on Nov. 4|author=John Miller |work= Nevada County Picayune}}</ref> It is located in downtown Prescott, and is administered by the Southwest Arkansas Regional Library System.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.library.arkansas.gov/Pages/facilityDetails.aspx?show=181|title=Facility Details|work=Arkansas State Library - Library.Arkansas.gov}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nevadacountylibrary.wordpress.com|title=Welcome to the Prescott/Nevada County Library and Educational Facility|work=Prescott/Nevada County Library |publisher=Nevada County Library blog}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/ncpublibrary/home|title=NCPubLibrary|work=Nevada County Public Library - Sites.Google.com}}</ref> ===Museums=== The Nevada County Depot & Museum is the depot building was designed by [[Missouri Pacific Railroad]] architect [[E. M. Tucker]],<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=Who's who in Railroading in North America|date=1922|issue=8|publisher=Simmons-Boardman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B4DXAAAAMAAJ|page=629|access-date=November 15, 2014}}</ref> who also designed railway stations in [[Little Rock (Amtrak station)|Little Rock]] and [[Texarkana (Amtrak station)|Texarkana]]. It was constructed in 1912 and houses permanent exhibits on the [[Arkansas in the American Civil War|Civil War Battles]], [[List of Arkansas railroads|Railroads]], and general history of Prescott and Nevada County. The museum also houses an area archive that is open to researchers.
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