Reservations are now available online to tour the Bentonville Arkansas Temple during the public open house via reservations.churchofjesuschrist.org. 

The public open house runs from Saturday, June 17, through Saturday, July 1, excluding Sundays. Tours start at 9 a.m. Central Time, and the last tours start at 7:20 p.m. Central Time.

All ages are invited. The free tours include a short video and then a walking tour and lasts about an hour. It is wheelchair accessible, and comfortable shoes and modest dress are also recommended, according to the open house information.

The temple at 1105 McCollum Drive, Bentonville, Arkansas, sits on an 8.8-acre site and is about 25,000 square feet. It’s about 15 miles south of the Missouri border in Arkansas’ northwestern corner.

Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will preside over the temple’s dedication on Sunday, Sept. 17, offering the dedicatory prayer in the two sessions at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. He presided remotely over the temple’s Nov. 7, 2020, groundbreaking ceremony, which was a small, by-invitation-only gathering because of COVID-19 pandemic precautions and restrictions.

President Russell M. Nelson announced a temple for Bentonville in October 2019 general conference. It will be the Church’s first temple in the state, which is home to more than 34,000 Latter-day Saints in more than 70 congregations.

Scheduled temple open houses

Other ongoing and announced temple open houses include: 

• The Columbus Ohio Temple public open house concludes Saturday, May 13. President M. Russell Ballard, Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, will preside at the Sunday, June 4, rededication. See reservations.churchofjesuschrist.org for reservation information.

• The Saratoga Springs Utah Temple public open house began Saturday, April 15, and continues through Saturday, July 8, excluding Sundays. President Henry B. Eyring, second counselor in the First Presidency, will dedicate the temple on Sunday, Aug. 13. See reservations.churchofjesuschrist.org for reservation information.

• The Helena Montana Temple public open house is Thursday, May 18, through Saturday, June 3, excluding Sundays. It will be dedicated on Sunday, June 18, by Elder Gary E. Stevenson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

• The public open house for the Brasília Brazil Temple begins on Saturday, Aug. 12, and runs through Saturday, Sept. 2, excluding Sundays. It will also be dedicated on Sunday, Sept. 17, and Elder Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will dedicate the temple. 
• For the Moses Lake Washington Temple, the open house will run Friday, Aug 4, through Saturday, Aug. 19, excluding Sundays. It will also be dedicated on Sunday, Sept. 17 — the third temple dedication planned for that date. Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will preside and dedicate the temple. 

• The Feather River California Temple public open house will begin Saturday, Aug. 19, and run through Saturday, Sept. 9, excluding Sundays. It is scheduled to be dedicated Oct. 8 by Elder Ulisses Soares of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

• The public open house for the Bangkok Thailand Temple will be from Friday, Sept. 1, through Saturday, Sept. 16, excluding Sundays. Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will preside and dedicate the temple in two sessions — at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. — on Sunday, Oct. 22.

• The Okinawa Japan Temple public open house will be from Saturday, Sept. 23, through Saturday, Oct. 7, excluding Sundays. Elder Gary E. Stevenson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will dedicate the temple on Nov. 12.

Information about tour reservations will be available on reservations.ChurchofJesusChrist.org when it’s available.