Plan a Visit
Tours
Johnny Cash Boyhood Home Tour
Begin your journey at the Dyess Colony Visitors Center, where your visit starts with a short film and exhibits that bring the New Deal-era farming community to life. From there, explore the historic Administration Building museum next door to learn how Dyess shaped young Johnny Cash and his music.
Your tour ends at the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home, lovingly restored to its 1930s appearance. Take a guided tour through the rooms where Cash grew up, and experience the place that influenced him to become a legend.
Combination Tour with Southern Tenant Farmers Museum
In 1934, during the Great Depression, Northeast Arkansas was at the center of two unique responses to the economic crisis. The federal government chose a swampland in Mississippi County as the site for Farm Resettlement Colony No. 1. A mere 15 miles away that same year, a group of 7 black, and 11 white men agreed to form a fully integrated union of tenant farmers and sharecroppers.
Combine your tour of the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home with the Southern Tenant Farmers Museum in Tyronza to learn more about the histories of Arkansas, agriculture, and the Great Depression.
Admission
Johnny Cash Boyhood Home Tour
- Regular Admission: $20 per person
- Reduced Admission: $15 per person (Seniors 65+, military with ID, groups*)
- Students: $10 (Youth 5-17)
- K-12 Student Groups: $5 per student (1 chaperone free for every 8 students, bus driver(s) free*)
- Free Admission: A-State IDs, children under 5, members
* For school trips or groups of 8 or more, please fill out the appropriate request form below.
Combination Tour
- Regular Admission: $25 per person
- Reduced Admission: $20 per person (Seniors 65+, military with ID, groups*)
- Students: $15 (Youth 5-17)
- K-12 Student Groups: $10 per student (1 chaperone free for every 8 students, bus driver(s) free*)
- Free Admission: A-State IDs, children under 5, members
* For school trips or groups of 8 or more, please fill out the appropriate request form below.
Visit Us
We are located at the Dyess Colony Visitors Center on 110 Center Drive, Dyess, AR 72330. Tickets can be purchased at the Visitors Center or online.
If you are traveling on I-55 North to visit us, follow these directions:
- Take Exit 41.
- Turn left onto State Highway 14W.
- Travel five miles before turning left on Highway 297.
- Check in at the Visitor Center (110 Center Drive).
Note: While there are restroom facilities in the Visitor Center, there are no facilities at the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home.