Did you know that UAMS was founded in 1879?  The incandescent light bulb was still to be invented by Thomas Alva Edison.  For proper lighting, medical procedures required candles or lamplight in addition to natural light at the time of UAMS' founding.  How and when did UAMS come to rest at its present location?  Did you know that UAMS was not always located here at West Markham?  Learn the answers to these questions and more in the new animated UAMS historical timeline.

To plot your course through the history of UAMS, take a look at the animated timeline.  See how much gas and milk prices have changed over the years and other interesting pieces of knowledge from UAMS' span of history.

Information for the timeline was provided by historians in the Historical Research Center of the UAMS Library and the College of Medicine. If you have any questions about information in the timeline or about any of the photographs, please contact Amanda Saar, Head of the Historical Research Center of the UAMS Library.

UAMS Animated Timeline      Static Timeline