We spent the evening in Fayetteville at a concert. We stayed overnight at a Hampton Inn with a lovely view overlooking a self-storage facility, then set out to see some sights.
We got to the Walmart Museum in Bentonville just as it opened.
The exhibits told the story of Sam Walton and his career in retail. Apparently his grand idea was to allow customers to wander about and pick their own items off the shelf instead of handing a list to a clerk who did it for them. He was involved with Ben Franklin stores somehow — I wasn’t paying a lot of attention — and then opened this place in Bentonville.
There were examples of old products and a history of how Walmart had changed over the years.
Sam’s actual office as he left it.
It even had Sam’s old pickup. I didn’t take a picture of that.
A theater had a hologram image of Sam that told his story.
There was a second floor, but that was pretty much just a commercial for Walmart and we zipped through in a couple minutes.
The best part was the display of items people had returned. It explained the complaints people had about each of them.
