Welcome to the Rogers Daisy Airgun Museum. Most of the displays
in our museum have a large number over them, accompanied by a QR
code. By scanning the QR code you’ll access information about
that display
In this entryway, you’ll see a timeline of Daisy’s history,
featuring some of the company’s most recognizable products. This
tour is based on the knowledge and recollections of Orin Ribar,
Museum Curator and long-time Daisy employee. The Daisy Museum
itself is a non-profit corporation, established to preserve the
rich history of Daisy Manufacturing, the world’s oldest and
largest manufacturer of airguns and related products. The Museum
is supported by Daisy and by a group called “Friends of the
Daisy Museum” who have purchased a lifetime membership. A
“Friends” membership assures priority opportunity to purchase
limited edition collectible guns issued exclusively by this
museum. Your admission fee today and any gift shop purchases you
may make – in the store or online - all contribute to this
museum’s ability to give tours, acquire artifacts, add new
displays and create special merchandise.
As you will learn later, Daisy moved to Rogers, Arkansas in
1958, bringing with it a wealth of artifacts related to the
company’s history. In 1966, a room was added off of the lobby of
the original Rogers manufacturing facility on South 8th Street
to house an air gun museum. That museum included six upright gun
display cases and two flat gun display cases, all made of black
walnut – many of the same cases you’ll see here today. In 1997,
when the corporate offices were relocated to an industrial park
about one mile north of here, the contents of the museum room
were put in storage and a search began for a new location that
would better serve as a tourist attraction. The Museum
originally reopened on First Street, just a block from here in
March, 2000. Then First Lady of Arkansas Janet Huckabee “shot”
the ribbon to open the Daisy Museum. Four years later, October
25, 2004, the Museum moved into this historic building,
originally constructed in 1896.
To continue your tour, walk straight ahead to the Plymouth
Iron Windmill display, number 2, on the wall in front of you.
