Visit and Explore Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
March 30, 2018 by Corey A. Edwards
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, AR
photo: Kevin Dooley
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is a beautifully designed art museum in Bentonville, AR. The museums’s noteworthy collection contains important works from a broad swath of American artists, from Colonial times up to the present.
The first thing you notice upon arrival at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is the museum itself. The design, by architect Moshe Safdie and engineer Buro Happold, is a piece of art in and of itself.
The stunning glass-and-wood design is nestled around two spring-fed ponds in the forest. Two bridge pavilions stretch out over the water to give the museum its name. This winning combination of nature and design make for an inspirational experience. The Crystal Bridges facility includes galleries, meeting and classroom spaces, a library, sculpture garden, and a glass-enclosed gathering hall that can hold up to 300 people.
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Discover Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
February 28, 2015 by Corey A. Edwards
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, which opened its doors in 2011, is 50,000 square feet of gallery space and an art collection worth hundreds of millions of dollars located amidst the Arkansas’ Ozarks.
When you first hear about Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, you might be tempted to give your head a shake: what’s a huge, modern art museum like this doing all by its lonesome out in the middle of the Ozarks? The answer is pretty simple: have you ever heard of Walmart?
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