Editing Fort Smith, Arkansas (section)

==Culture==
Various television programs and movies have been filmed in Fort Smith, including ''[[The Blue and the Gray (miniseries)|The Blue and The Gray]]'' (1982), ''[[A Soldier's Story]]'' (1984), ''[[Biloxi Blues (film)|Biloxi Blues]]'' (1988)<ref>Barth, Jack (1991). ''Roadside Hollywood: The Movie Lover's State-By-State Guide to Film Locations, Celebrity Hangouts, Celluloid Tourist Attractions, and More''. Contemporary Books. Page 122. {{ISBN|9780809243266}}.</ref> ''[[Trespass (1992 film)|Trespass]]'' and [[The Tuskegee Airmen|''Tuskegee Airmen'']] (1995)

===Museums===
[[File:Fort Smith, Arkansas History Museum.jpg|right|thumb|The Fort Smith Museum of History]]
[[File:Fort Smith Birney car 224 at 6th & Garland (1997).jpg|thumb|The [[Fort Smith Trolley Museum]] offers trolley rides year-round.]]

There are multiple museums in Fort Smith, located primarily in the downtown area and the Chaffee Crossing Historic District.

* Fort Smith Regional Art Museum opened to the public on January 19, 2013.
* [[Fort Smith Museum of History]], located almost adjacent to the National Historic Site. The museum contains numerous exhibits, displays and artifacts that tell the story of Fort Smith's history—from the first fort in 1817, through the westward expansion, and on to the Civil War, the Gay Nineties, Fort Chaffee, and the emergence of a modern city.
* [[Fort Smith Trolley Museum]] is a railroad museum which displays a number of antique trolleys and related items. One of the trolley cars and three of the locomotives in its collection are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].
* Fort Smith Air Museum is dedicated to preserving the history of the development of aviation in Western Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma.
* The Clayton House Museum is the original home of William H.H. Clayton. It is open for tours and rentals for weddings, meetings, events, and much more. The house holds many Clayton artifacts, and boldly tells the history of Mr. Clayton as well as the western frontier
* Chaffee Barbershop Museum - located in the Chaffee Crossing Historic District in east Fort Smith, this museum was the location where, on March 25, 1958, Elvis Presley received his iconic G.I buzz cut
* The United States Marshals Museum documents the heritage and legacy of the [[United States Marshals Service]], America's oldest federal law enforcement agency.<ref>{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=US Marshals Museum |url=https://usmmuseum.org/ |website=United States Marshals Museum |access-date=July 3, 2023}}</ref>

===Music===
Fort Smith has an active music scene. There are frequent live performances in the downtown area by local and national Jazz, Blues, Country, Americana and Rock bands.
Local bands regularly frequent the riverfront area highlighting the river valley's finest.
* Fort Smith Symphony - the symphony is a per-service professional orchestra composed of musicians from Fort Smith, Fayetteville, Springfield, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Norman, Dallas, Little Rock, New York, Florida and other communities. The Fort Smith Symphony, conducted by John Jeter, regularly performs at the ArcBest Performing Arts Center.