The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, which was designed by Architect Moshe Safdie, is set in a ravine surrounding two spring fed ponds. Unfortunately the weather was cold and moist (the picture above is from their web site) so that we could not enjoy the outdoor paths and sculptures except from afar. And from others we know who have been here, that is a significant piece of the experience. Sort of like the total experience at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles that benefits from the setting of the buildings.
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The collection presents an overview of American art with works by master and lesser-known artists from the colonial period to the present.
Alice Walton (daughter of Walmart’s Sam Walton) is the founder and has provided the majority of the funding for the museum.
We have always enjoyed visiting college art museum’s because they typically have a few examples of each artistic style and are usually housed in interesting buildings. Crystal Bridges provides the same kind of experience multiplied ten fold.
Last night Will had spied the Walmart Museum on the old town square in Bentonville and asked if we could visit today. It is on the site of the original Walton 5 and 10 and the storefront features the toys and penny candy of the time. The Museum itself contains some memorabilia but mostly serves to further the Sam Walton story and the Walmart message. Instead of depositing its visitors in the gift shop at the end of the exhibits you find yourself in an ice cream parlor, which is a fine thing. Just ask Will about the Moon Pie sundae.
We have always enjoyed visiting college art museum’s because they typically have a few examples of each artistic style and are usually housed in interesting buildings. Crystal Bridges provides the same kind of experience multiplied ten fold.
Last night Will had spied the Walmart Museum on the old town square in Bentonville and asked if we could visit today. It is on the site of the original Walton 5 and 10 and the storefront features the toys and penny candy of the time. The Museum itself contains some memorabilia but mostly serves to further the Sam Walton story and the Walmart message. Instead of depositing its visitors in the gift shop at the end of the exhibits you find yourself in an ice cream parlor, which is a fine thing. Just ask Will about the Moon Pie sundae.
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