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.
Today is the anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment, August 18, 1920, granting women the right to vote, and thereby to become active participants in politics and public…
Monica Thomas is a dancer, choreographer, actor, and filmmaker currently living in Chicago, but she’s also a proud Fayetteville, Arkansas, native. During the first week of August, she returns to…
Get ready to expand your definition of our world and your place in it by delving into the philosophy and work of R. Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller (1895-1983) with two exhibitions…
In remembrance of the 48th anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Riots that ignited the flame of the LGBT Civil Rights movement of the seventies and eighties, it seems appropriate to…
An enormous white tail deer, sculpted of painted fiberglass, recently appeared on the Riverwalk in Chicago, Illinois. The sculpture, appropriately titled Deer, was created by artist Tony Tasset in 2015,…
Crystal Bridges’ High School Internship program, now in its second year, is currently in session. The program, funded by a grant from the Walton Family Foundation, brings ten minority students…
Last summer, LaCameria (“Cam”) Clark was one of the museum’s first class of Crystal Bridges’ high school residential interns. This competitive program brings a group of high school rising seniors from…
One of the initiatives Crystal Bridges has already put into place is a pilot for a paid internship program for minority high school students, funded through the Walton Family Foundation.…
Today is the birthday of Frank Lloyd Wright, great American architect and designer of the Bachman-Wilson House here on Crystal Bridges’ grounds. What do you know about Frank Lloyd Wright?…
March 31 through April 2, 2017, Crystal Bridges’ Teen Council hosted their first Teen Convening at the museum. National Teen Convenings were first established in 2009 by the Institute of…
