Regular hours: Monday through Saturday 9 AM – 3 PM
Johnny Cash Boyhood Home and Southern Tenant Farmers Museum combination tours are now available Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 10:00 AM and 1:00 PM. Please call 870-764-2274 for pricing and reservations.
The staff will be taking extra steps to help ensure everyone’s health and safety. Please make note of the following policies.
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Tours are limited to 8 guests. We cannot accommodate group tours at this time.
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Guests are encouraged to call ahead for reservations. While reservations are not required, we do not have an indoor waiting area for drop-in guests.
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Guests over 10 years of age are required to wear face coverings for the duration of the tour. Staff will also be wearing face coverings.
If traveling on I-55 North to visit us please use the following directions (GPS will take you to the wrong exit):
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Take Exit 41
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Turn left on to State Hwy 14W
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Travel about 5 miles before turning left on Hwy 297
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Check in at the Visitor Center (110 Center Drive)
The Dyess Colony was created in 1934 as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal to aid in the nation’s economic recovery from the Great Depression. As a federal agricultural resettlement community, it provided a fresh start for nearly 500 impoverished Arkansas farm families, including the family of music legend Johnny Cash. The colony has been resurrected through the restoration of several historic buildings open to visitors. The Dyess Colony Visitors Center, located in the Colony Circle at the former site of the theatre and pop shop, is the first stop. It includes a gift shop, orientation video, and exhibits. The Dyess Colony Administration Building next door houses exhibits related to the establishment of the colony, lifestyles of typical colonists, and the impact that growing up in Dyess had on Johnny Cash and his music. From the Colony Circle, visitors are shuttled to the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home, less than two miles from the Colony Center. It is furnished as it appeared when the Cash family lived there, based on family memories.
Tours begin on the hour from 9 AM – 3 PM
Admission (includes all buildings):
$10 General Admission
$8 Senior rate
$8 Group rate (groups of 10 or more- comp tour operator and bus driver)
$5 Student rate (children 5-18 or with a university ID)
$5 Field trip rate (comp all bus drivers and 1 chaperone per 10 students)
Free-children under 5, A-State students, and current Dyess residents
Combination Tour: Includes Southern Tenant Farmers Museum & JCBH Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 10:00 AM & 1:00 PM $12 General Admission
$10 Senior rate
$10 Group rate (groups of 10 or more- comp tour operator and bus driver)
$6 Student rate (children 5-18 or with a university ID)
$6 Field trip rate (comp all bus drivers and 1 chaperone per 10 students)
Free-children under 5 and A-State students
All tours start at the Visitors Center, 110 Center Drive
Click here for an interactive timeline of the Dyess Colony including restoration efforts, and visit the interactive timeline for the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home here.
Virtual Exhibits
We are pleased to begin offering a series of online exhibits featuring photographs and other archival materials from our collections. Check out our first exhibit "A Roof Over Their Heads."
ExploreProject Videos
View a series of videos showing the restoration of the home; reactions of Cash family, friends, and special visitors; and ongoing programs and activities at the Historic Dyess Colony.
ExploreRecollections by J.R. Cash
Childhood Memories of Johnny Cash, edited by his youngest daughter Tara Cash Schwoebel and published through Arkansas State University.
ExploreJohnny Cash Heritage Festival
Check out our heritage festival website for updates including dates, ticket information, headliners and other details as they become available.
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