A world-class collection of American art, stunning architecture, and 120 acres of Ozark forest with five miles of trails. Admission to the museum is always free.
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Museum & Buildings
Trails and Grounds open daily sunrise to sunset.
We will be closed Monday, May 13, to prepare for the visit of Antiques Roadshow. We will return to normal hours of operation Wednesday, May 15.
Guests can enjoy a year-round schedule of temporary exhibitions and experiences organized by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. These include traveling exhibitions as well as special presentations of artworks from our own collection and those of other museums. Members always receive free admission to temporary exhibitions.
March 16 – July 29, 2024
$12 (Free for members, other discounts available.)
Exquisite Creatures is a dialogue with art, nature, and science that asks the question: what is it about the natural world that calls to us?
April 13 – September 30, 2024
Free, no ticket required.
Space Makers: Indigenous Expression and a New American Art examines the mid-century American art movement known as the Indian Space Painters and the relationship between those painters, the Indigenous visual and material culture that inspired them, and the artists from the modern Native art movement who expanded upon such creative explorations through their own visual heritage.
June 24, 2023 – April 22, 2024
This site-specific experiential installation incorporates materials such as silk organza, concrete, light, and sonic elements to speak to ideas of impermanence, loss, and those fleeting moments that cannot be undone.
November 11, 2023 – May 27, 2024
A Soldier’s Journey is a study for a monumental bronze by Sabin Howard. In 2024, the finished piece will be the centerpiece of the new World War I Monument in Washington, DC.
December 6, 2023 – June 24, 2024
Danielle Hatch’s video meditates on heritage and collective care, documenting the ongoing collaboration between the presented women artists as part of a visual legacy of feminist art making practices.
On View Now
This unique, midnight-blue, 20 x 20 x 20-foot, living outdoor sculpture combines influences of art, architecture, and nature in the North Forest.
On View – Permanent Collection
Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrored Room is now open once again in the Crystal Bridges collection.
May 4 – July 28, 2024
$25 ($20/members, discounts and add-ons available)
Created as a collaboration between Jewel and Crystal Bridges, The Portal features a 200-piece aerial drone show choreographed by Jewel, a meditative art walk featuring works by prominent contemporary artists, a never-before-seen painting and sculpture by Jewel, and chef-crafted dining options as part of a complete experience for the body, mind, and spirit.
September 4, 2024 – January 5, 2025
More info coming soon.
Inspired by Crystal Bridges’ sprawling wilderness, the Philadelphia-based Klip Collective will present an immersive nighttime light and sound experience that simultaneously transforms the museum’s North Forest.
September 14, 2024 – January 27, 2025
The first major traveling exhibition to focus on the coexistence of art created between 1785 and 1922 by Native American and non-Native American artists, Knowing the West celebrates the American West as inclusive, complex, and reflective of the diverse peoples who contributed to art and life there.
October 19, 2024 – March 31, 2025
Crystal Bridges and the Arkansas Coalition of Marshallese (ACOM) are partnering to present a new exhibition that focuses on the Marshallese community by infusing a reverence for tradition with an eagerness to celebrate Marshallese Indigenous culture here and now.
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