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Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art 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.
Dance in Crystal Bridges Rare Books
An etching by Troy Kinney, from his book The Etchings of Troy Kinney, 1929.

Dance in Crystal Bridges Rare Books

Exhibitions Library
Now through January 16, 2017, Crystal Bridges is hosting the Art of American Dance, a traveling exhibition that explores the interaction between dance and visual art.  In today's post, Jon…
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Celebrating Thanksgiving and Audubon’s Festive Fowls
John James Audubon, Wild Turkey Cock, Hen and Young

Celebrating Thanksgiving and Audubon’s Festive Fowls

Art & Collection

Black Friday is behind us, yet many of us are still finding ways to get creative with the post-Thanksgiving leftover turkey. Whether you love this traditional holiday fowl or banish…

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Happy Birthday Walt Kuhn
Walt Kuhn,

Happy Birthday Walt Kuhn

Art & Collection Exhibitions
Today we celebrate the birthday of artist Walt Kuhn and his uniquely American Modernist style. Highly influenced by the theater, Kuhn was not just an artist, but a costume designer,…
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Five Years and Counting: Growing and Sharing Crystal Bridges' Collection
Man sits on a bench looking at artwork hung on a wall opposite him

Five Years and Counting: Growing and Sharing Crystal Bridges' Collection

Art & Collection
As Crystal Bridges approaches its fifth anniversary, we’ll be writing blog posts that highlight the Museum’s changes and accomplishments since opening on November 11, 2011.   First up:  Let’s talk…
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Happy Birthday, Benjamin West!
Benjamin West, Cupid and Psych

Happy Birthday, Benjamin West!

Art & Collection

October 10, 2016, marks the 278th birthday of artist Benjamin West. You may know him from his painting, Cupid and Psyche, on view in Crystal Bridges Colonial and Early Nineteenth-Century…

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Welcoming Wall Drawing 880: Loopy Doopy by Sol LeWitt
Glass building over a pond

Welcoming Wall Drawing 880: Loopy Doopy by Sol LeWitt

Art & Collection
by Samantha Sigmon, with Rome Font   A drawing painted directly on the wall cannot simply be taken out of a museum, it must be painted over, so, what is…
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Happy Birthday, George de Forest Brush!
Native American squatting on bank reaching for lily in water

Happy Birthday, George de Forest Brush!

Art & Collection

Within the focus exhibition Changing Perspectives of Native Americans, located  in Crystal Bridges’ Colonial and Early Nineteenth-Century Art Gallery, hangs one of Crystal Bridges most popular paintings, The Indian and…

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Tell All in the Truth Booth
The Truth Booth

Tell All in the Truth Booth

At the Museum

Most of the time, you can’t touch art. It kind of sucks, because art is so beautiful! It just hangs there, so luscious and lovely, under a halo of golden…

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Happy Birthday, Charles Bird King!
Charles Bird King, Ottoe Half Chief, Husband of Eagle of Delight

Happy Birthday, Charles Bird King!

Art & Collection
While portraiture may seem to imitate life, throughout history it has also served to influence life and affect public perception. Today, September 26,  we celebrate the birthday of Charles Bird…
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Museum Careers: A Spotlight on Exhibition Designer Jessi Mueller
Jessi Mueller

Museum Careers: A Spotlight on Exhibition Designer Jessi Mueller

Architecture People & Community

Interpretation Intern Rome Font prepared today’s blog post on Crystal Bridges’ Exhibition Designer, Jessi Mueller.  This continues a series we’re building about careers in museums. –LD   “A lot of people think…

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Minimalism and Murder: A Glimpse at the Relationship of Carl Andre and Ana Mendieta

Minimalism and Murder: A Glimpse at the Relationship of Carl Andre and Ana Mendieta

Art & Collection
This post was prepared by Danny Baskin, Crystal Bridges' summer intern in the Interpretation Department.  --LD   In the late spring of 2014, a crowd gathered around a smeared pile…
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Happy Birthday, Harriet Frishmuth!
Family stands looking at a sculpture of a woman in a grace pose holding a ball over her head

Happy Birthday, Harriet Frishmuth!

Art & Collection
September 17, 2016, marks Harriet Whitney Frishmuth’s 136th birthday. Although the name might not ring a bell immediately, those of you who have had the chance to stroll through the…
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Stories from American Made: Portraits by Ammi Phillips
Ammi Phillips, Portrait of Woman

Stories from American Made: Portraits by Ammi Phillips

Exhibitions
One of the most interesting, and challenging, parts of my job as an Interpretation Manager at Crystal Bridges involves developing engaging interactive activities for our visitors. For American Made, I…
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New on View: Untitled (Palais De Cristal) by Joseph Cornell
Joseph Cornell Untitled (Palais de Cristal)

New on View: Untitled (Palais De Cristal) by Joseph Cornell

Art & Collection

Joseph Cornell Untitled (Palais de Cristal), ca. 1953 Wood box construction: printed-paper collage, glass, and metal 13 in. × 9 1/4 in. × 4 1/4 in. (33 × 23.5 ×…

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Stories from American Made: Map Quilt—Stitching our Way from Sea to Shining Sea
Map Quilt

Stories from American Made: Map Quilt—Stitching our Way from Sea to Shining Sea

Exhibitions
Map Quilt Artist unidentified Possibly Virginia 1886 Silk and cotton with silk embroidery Collection American Folk Art Museum, New York. Gift of Dr. and Mrs. C. David McLaughlin, 1987. Photo…
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Happy Birthday, George Bellows!
George Bellows, Self-portrait

Happy Birthday, George Bellows!

Art & Collection
George Bellows, 1882 - 1925 Self-portrait, ca. 1921 watercolor Yale University Art Gallery, Gift of George Hopper Fitch, B.A. 1932, in honor of Richard S. Field   August 12 marks…
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Studio Snapshot: Ben Edwards
Sgraffito ceramic vessel by Ben Edwards

Studio Snapshot: Ben Edwards

At the Museum Exhibitions

Today’s post was prepared for us by Kiara Page, a summer intern for Crystal Bridges’ Public Programs department.    This summer I got the opportunity to work as an intern…

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Happy Birthday Arthur Dove
Arthur Dove

Happy Birthday Arthur Dove

Art & Collection
August 2  is the birthday of American artist Arthur Dove (1880-1946).  Crystal Bridges collection contains two paintings by Dove, plus nine others in the Alfred Stieglitz Collection, held jointly by Crystal Bridges Museum…
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Stories from American Made: Ithaca Falls Chair
Armchair with View of Ithaca Falls Chairmaker unidentified

Stories from American Made: Ithaca Falls Chair

Exhibitions
Armchair with View of Ithaca Falls Chairmaker unidentified; decoration probably by R.H. Ranney (dates unknown), Ithaca, New York ca. 1817-1825 Paint, bronze-powder stenciling, and gold leaf on wood, with rush…
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Stories from American Made: Carousel Horse
Horse sculpture

Stories from American Made: Carousel Horse

Exhibitions
CAROUSEL HORSE with Lowered Head Charles Carmel (1865-1931) Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York ca. 1914 Paint on wood with glass eyes and horsehair Collection American Folk Art Museum, New York Gift…
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