Ozark Folk Center
When you visit the Ozark Folk Center, you'll encounter dramatic views of the Ozark Mountains during your scenic drive to the park.
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In the scenic Ozarks at Mountain View, the Ozark Folk Center State Park offers you the opportunity to experience the music, dance, crafts, and lore that have been passed from generation to generation since settlers first called these rugged hills home. This unique state park is one of America's cultural treasures, the only park dedicated to the perpetuation and interpretation of the heritage of the Ozark Region.
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On your Ozark vacation, talk with gifted artisans as they demonstrate pioneer crafts and homestead skills — like organic herb gardening — that were essential to early American settlers of these ancient hills. Enjoy Ozark mountain music throughout the day and night as musicians play traditional folk tunes on traditional instruments--the pure, unplugged sounds of fiddle, banjo, mandolin, mountain dulcimer, hammered dulcimer, autoharp, and acoustic guitar. If you're looking for more than a day trip can provide, consider an overnight stay at one of the park's Cabins at Dry Creek, and register for one of the Folk Center's many workshops. Offered throughout the regular operating season, these workshops afford you personal instruction in musical instruments, Ozark heritage crafts, and organic gardening. Or, immerse yourself in the annual week-long Ozark Folk School, during which you can specialize in one traditional Ozark craft or music style, at an affordable cost.
Hear live music by mountain musicians, watch artisans at work, and join workshops to learn these skills yourself. Experience this unique park preserving the Ozark heritage. To learn more, go to www.OzarkFolkCenter.com.
