Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

We visited Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art a few weeks ago. 

 It opened in our community on 11-11-11. 

The museum was founded by Alice Walton and designed by Moshe Safdie. Admission is free through donations from the Walton Family Foundation.

I feel so blessed to have a museum of this caliber in our back yard.  

We had a fantastic time as a family viewing the art.  We will have to go back again because it was too much to see as we were only there a little under 2 hours.

It is definitely a "must see" venue when traveling to Bentonville!

The museum's permanent collection features American art from the Colonial era to contemporary work. Notable works include a Charles Willson Peale portrait of George Washington as well as paintings by George Bellows, Jasper Cropsey, Asher Durand, Thomas Eakins, Marsden Hartley, Winslow Homer, Eastman Johnson, Charles Bird King, John LaFarge, Stuart Davis, Romare Bearden,Norman Rockwell, Mary McCleary and Walton Ford. Also included are works by Chuck Close, Jasper Johns, Norman Lewis, Alfred Maurer, Jackson Pollock and Tom Wesselman. [source]

{THE ART}

*this is only a small sampling of the wonderful works of art, we didn't even get to see everything!*

The Lord's Supper (Medium- spools of thread)

{THE ARCHITECTURE}

View from an overlook of a gallery wing

{CHILDREN'S AREA}

be creative...
an area for kids to make their own art