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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.
Activity: Make a Springtime Artwork with Pressed Flowers

Activity: Make a Springtime Artwork with Pressed Flowers

Activities & Education
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Activity: Create a Colorful Kaleidoscope

Activity: Create a Colorful Kaleidoscope

Activities & Education
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Volunteer Spotlight: Ashi Patel
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Volunteer Spotlight: Ashi Patel

Volunteer Spotlight
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Crystal Bridges in the Classroom: Listen to a Guided Student Tour and Read a Q&A with Mr. Hoggatt
Children viewing the artwork We the People

Crystal Bridges in the Classroom: Listen to a Guided Student Tour and Read a Q&A with Mr. Hoggatt

Activities & Education At the Museum
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Celebrate Southern Black Culture through Art and Music in The Dirty South
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Celebrate Southern Black Culture through Art and Music in The Dirty South

Exhibitions
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Activity: Create an Artwork about Friendship
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Activity: Create an Artwork about Friendship

Activities & Education

Learn more about Delita Martin’s work Sisters and make your own mixed media piece inspired by friendship.

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Activity: Create a Friendship Collage
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Activity: Create a Friendship Collage

Activities & Education

Learn about Amy Sherald’s work Precious jewels by the sea and create a personal collage of friends and those you love.

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Crystal Bridges Acquires Twentieth-Century Works from the Collection of Art Historian Francis V. O’Connor
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Crystal Bridges Acquires Twentieth-Century Works from the Collection of Art Historian Francis V. O’Connor

Art & Collection
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Happy Lunar New Year from Crystal Bridges
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Happy Lunar New Year from Crystal Bridges

People & Community

Learn about the origins of this holiday and how it is celebrated across Asia and the world.

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Edmonia Lewis, American Sculptor
USPS Edmonia Lewis stamp

Edmonia Lewis, American Sculptor

Art & Collection

Learn about the nineteenth-century sculptor, her work in the collection, and a recently released USPS stamp honoring her legacy.

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Volunteer Spotlight: Patricia Adams

Volunteer Spotlight: Patricia Adams

Volunteer Spotlight

Get to know a little more about this month’s Volunteer Spotlight: Patricia Adams.

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The Light Fantastic: Local Professionals Reflect on Light 
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The Light Fantastic: Local Professionals Reflect on Light 

Exhibitions
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La luz etérea: Profesionales locales conversan sobre cómo la luz afecta su trabajo
collage headshot of people who all use light in their work

La luz etérea: Profesionales locales conversan sobre cómo la luz afecta su trabajo

Exhibitions
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Activity: Make a Storybook Soft Sculpture
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Activity: Make a Storybook Soft Sculpture

Activities & Education

Learn about Nancy Schön’s Tortoise and Hare and make a soft sculpture inspired by story characters!

 

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Activity: Build a Winter Chandelier
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Activity: Build a Winter Chandelier

Activities & Education

Learn about Dale Chihuly’s work Azure Icicle Chandelier. Then make your own winter chandelier inspired by the beauty of nature.

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Buckminster Fuller: A Visionary for Contemporary Housing
Buckminster Fuller in front of a Fuller dome

Buckminster Fuller: A Visionary for Contemporary Housing

Architecture Art & Collection

Learn about the life of R. Buckminster Fuller and his work in developing innovative solutions for contemporary housing.

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Friday Comes on Tuesday, a New Children's Book Featuring Crystal Bridges, Is Now Available
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Friday Comes on Tuesday, a New Children's Book Featuring Crystal Bridges, Is Now Available

Museum Store
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Volunteer Spotlight: Ken Brockland
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Volunteer Spotlight: Ken Brockland

Volunteer Spotlight

Get to know a little more about this month’s Volunteer Spotlight: Ken Brockland.

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10 Years of Crystal Bridges YouTube Videos
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10 Years of Crystal Bridges YouTube Videos

Looking for some fun video content? Travel through Crystal Bridges’ first decade through a series of YouTube videos!

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Digitized Artist Letters Reveal Maxfield Parrish’s Self-Doubt (and More)
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Digitized Artist Letters Reveal Maxfield Parrish’s Self-Doubt (and More)

Library

Learn about the museum’s newly digitized Artist Letters and Manuscripts collection.

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