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HOLIDAY HOURS: Crystal Bridges will close early at 2 p.m. on December 24 (Christmas Eve) and be closed December 25 (Christmas Day).

HORARIO POR DÍAS FESTIVOS: Crystal Bridges cerrará a las 2:00 p.m. el 24 de diciembre (Nochebuena) y permanecerá cerrado el 25 de diciembre (Navidad).

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
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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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Censorship, Scandal, and Queer Sexuality Make American Art History in Paul Cadmus’s The Fleet’s In 
the painting called the fleet's in by paul cadmus featuring sailors, men, and women smoking and talking on a stone ledge

Censorship, Scandal, and Queer Sexuality Make American Art History in Paul Cadmus’s The Fleet’s In 

Exhibitions
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In Arkansas Waters: Natural Springs + Spring Ecosystems
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In Arkansas Waters: Natural Springs + Spring Ecosystems

Exhibitions Nature & Outdoor

Learn more about the natural springs found across Arkansas, inspired by our current exhibition In American Waters.

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Theresa Bernstein’s The Immigrants Paints a Picture of Twentieth-Century US Immigration at Sea
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Theresa Bernstein’s The Immigrants Paints a Picture of Twentieth-Century US Immigration at Sea

Exhibitions
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The Pirates of Howard Pyle
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The Pirates of Howard Pyle

Exhibitions

Learn more about the artist who created the iconic pirate look we know today.

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Volunteer Spotlight: Janet Cherry
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Volunteer Spotlight: Janet Cherry

Volunteer Spotlight
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Gems of Arkansas Series, Part IV: The Ozark Big-Eared Bat
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Gems of Arkansas Series, Part IV: The Ozark Big-Eared Bat

Exhibitions Nature & Outdoor
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10 Years of Meaningful Memories, Submitted by Teachers and Students
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10 Years of Meaningful Memories, Submitted by Teachers and Students

Activities & Education People & Community

Join us in reminiscing on our first decade by browsing meaningful memories submitted by students and educators who have enjoyed the museum’s free school programs.

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The 2021 Museum Store Holiday Gift Guide
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The 2021 Museum Store Holiday Gift Guide

Museum Store

We’ve put together a holiday gift guide of unique products available at the Museum Store to help inspire your gift list. 

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Gems of Arkansas Series, Part III: The Tallgrass Prairies
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Gems of Arkansas Series, Part III: The Tallgrass Prairies

Exhibitions Nature & Outdoor
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Meet Our 10-Year'd Staff: Sally Clifton
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Meet Our 10-Year'd Staff: Sally Clifton

People & Community

Meet Guest Services Associate Sally Clifton, who is celebrating 10 years at Crystal Bridges.

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