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.
This Winter Break Wonders activity is inspired by the largest intact group of family portraits by Gerardus Duyckinck I. Learn more about this artwork, then make your own portraits!
As school winds down for the holidays, we’ve collected activities for your family to make memories over winter break with artmaking activities and museum-inspired fun.
This Winter Break Wonders activity is inspired by Al Souza’s artwork, Field & Stream. Learn more about this artwork, then make your own collage with found objects!
Today’s Winter Break Wonders activity is inspired by Frederick Eversley’s sculpture, Big Red Lens. Learn more about this sculpture, then create your own lens by making a suncatcher!
This Winter Break Wonders activity is inspired by Dale Chihuly’s sculpture, Azure Icicle Chandelier. Learn more about this artwork, then design your own colorful snowflakes!
One of my jobs as an intern is to help build object files—internal files for the museum and visiting researchers that include information about our collection. How was the work created? Where has it been exhibited? Who previously owned the object?
Just over five feet tall, this sculpture features a tiger balancing skillfully on a colorful ball. To create the tiger, Lemanski first fashioned a metal framework, then stitched specially printed paper to cover the form. The result is mesmerizing in its kaleidoscopic pattern and bright colors.
Ken Burns’s 2009 PBS documentary on the national parks hailed them as “America’s Best Idea,” yet these parks suffer from a troubled history that continues to challenge that claim today.
Get to know a little more about this month’s Volunteer Spotlight: Kimber Smith!
The holidays are approaching! In tandem with our newest temporary exhibition, Ansel Adams in Our Time, the Crystal Bridges Museum Store is offering an array of unique gifts.
What may seem like yet another simplified portrait of a flattened figure with bright colors is anything but. Oscar Bluemner (1867-1938) placed great emphasis on the colors he chose, the forms he created, and the mood his paintings conveyed.
The dark blue-gray eye floats on the creamy white paper. It stares back, unblinking and life-sized. A reflected window arches over the iris, suggesting the human attached to this eye was indoors.
When we think of American artists, two of the most prominent names that arise from the twentieth century are Ansel Adams and Georgia O’Keeffe.
Get to know a little more about this month’s Volunteer Spotlight: Paige Jernigan! Tell us a little about yourself. I grew up in Pine Bluff, but have spent my…
In a time marked by isolation, board games and puzzles have provided a fun and collaborative outlet for loved ones to spend time with one another, both virtually and in-person.…
Crystal Bridges is making way for a four-acre community playscape called Convergence and a parking deck with programmable space on the southeast side of Crystal Bridges’ campus. Convergence, a collaborative…
In our work with community art engagement, our Community team has met some incredible artists and community leadership throughout Northwest Arkansas, but we have also encountered some harsh realities of…
