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HOLIDAY HOURS: Crystal Bridges will be closed December 25 (Christmas Day).
HORARIO POR DÍAS FESTIVOS: Crystal Bridges estará cerrado el 25 de diciembre (Navidad).
The Monarch Butterfly Caterpillar: Where to Find Them at Crystal Bridges and How You Can Do Your Part
a yellow, black, and white-striped monarch caterpillar hangs upside down from a green leaf stem

The Monarch Butterfly Caterpillar: Where to Find Them at Crystal Bridges and How You Can Do Your Part

Nature & Outdoor
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4 Reasons to Become a Studio Volunteer
the studio at crystal bridges decorated with stars, wallpapers, and customized layouts for the

4 Reasons to Become a Studio Volunteer

Volunteer Spotlight
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Architects of Nature Series: Mind Your Beeswax
a close-up photograph of honeybees moving around a honey-filled comb

Architects of Nature Series: Mind Your Beeswax

Architecture Nature & Outdoor

What can nature teach us about architecture and design? Here, we give props to the most iconic of nature’s architects, the honeybee.

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Architects of Nature Series: Avian Builders and the Complexity of Bird Nests
a bald eagle perches over a nest of twigs formed in the branches of a tall tree

Architects of Nature Series: Avian Builders and the Complexity of Bird Nests

Architecture Nature & Outdoor
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An Architectural Day Itinerary at Crystal Bridges
an orange and white cat pounces inside an architecture structure

An Architectural Day Itinerary at Crystal Bridges

Architecture At the Museum Exhibitions

Discover the nature-centric architecture of the museum and enjoy several architecture engagements in this day-long itinerary.

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Architects of Nature Series: Spiders Make Good Neighbors
an orange and yellow orb weaver spider with black stripes sits on a web with a strip of zigzag pattern in the middle of the web

Architects of Nature Series: Spiders Make Good Neighbors

Architecture Nature & Outdoor
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Conserving Works on Paper: Art and the US Constitution
a close-up image of text from the US constitution

Conserving Works on Paper: Art and the US Constitution

Art & Collection Exhibitions

Two conservation experts on handling a founding document and how you can preserve your family’s history.

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Your 2022 Fall Guide to Crystal Bridges
an outdoor view of crystal bridges with a line of autumn trees in the background

Your 2022 Fall Guide to Crystal Bridges

At the Museum
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Architects of Nature Series: The Busy Brilliance of Beavers
two beavers facing each other with noses touching on the bank of a body of water with leaves around them

Architects of Nature Series: The Busy Brilliance of Beavers

Architecture Nature & Outdoor
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Leaving with Empathy: A Q&A and Studio Visit with Linda Lopez
an artist studio with a gray clay work in progress on a workbench in the center, a work desk to the left, and shelves filled with white clay jars and art supplies in the background

Leaving with Empathy: A Q&A and Studio Visit with Linda Lopez

Art & Collection
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Gordon Hirabayashi: Civil Disobedience and the Constitution
colored lithograph work featuring a man of japanese american descent on the right side, a star in the middle, and the supreme court building on the left side with the american flag in the background

Gordon Hirabayashi: Civil Disobedience and the Constitution

Art & Collection Exhibitions

Roger Shimomura’s work focuses on American sociologist and professor Gordon Hirabayashi’s civil disobedience in the face of unjust laws.

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Printmaker Théophile Steinlen Used Art to Advocate for Social Change in 1900s France
an etching of a distraught woman hunched over in a chair cradling her sick child

Printmaker Théophile Steinlen Used Art to Advocate for Social Change in 1900s France

Art & Collection
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How To Create an Insect Habitat with an Intensive Green Roof
close-up of a green roof with green, brown, and yellow patches of plants and flowers and a rock path cutting through the center

How To Create an Insect Habitat with an Intensive Green Roof

Nature & Outdoor

Creating habitats for our six- or eight-legged friends can be accomplished in surprising places—even the roof.

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Shelley Niro’s Borders Offers an Indigenous Perspective on Democracy
a person in a gallery stares at photograph works on a gallery wall from a side angle

Shelley Niro’s Borders Offers an Indigenous Perspective on Democracy

Art & Collection Exhibitions
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Why does the "S" look like "⨜" in the US Constitution?
a close-up image of text from the US constitution

Why does the "S" look like "⨜" in the US Constitution?

Exhibitions

What’s up with the strange “S” on the Constitution? And why don’t we use it anymore?

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A Revolutionary Museum Itinerary Based on the We the People Exhibition
a white banner that says

A Revolutionary Museum Itinerary Based on the We the People Exhibition

At the Museum Exhibitions
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Letters Reveal Beauford Delaney and Palmer Hayden’s Lifelong Friendship
handwritten letter in blue ink and cursive from an artist to his brother

Letters Reveal Beauford Delaney and Palmer Hayden’s Lifelong Friendship

Art & Collection Exhibitions Library
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3 Reasons to Become a Public Events Volunteer

3 Reasons to Become a Public Events Volunteer

Volunteer Spotlight
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George Catlin and Native American Art: A Conversation with MONAH

George Catlin and Native American Art: A Conversation with MONAH

Art & Collection People & Community
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The Rediscovered Artistry of Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls
a stained glass desk lamp with blue, purple, green, and yellow colors designed to look like a wisteria tree

The Rediscovered Artistry of Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls

Art & Collection
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