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.
Planning a visit to Crystal Bridges this spring? Use this guide to learn what’s on and what to expect this season.
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Museum & Buildings
Trails and Grounds open daily sunrise to sunset.
Guests can enjoy a year-round schedule of temporary exhibitions and experiences organized by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. These include traveling exhibitions as well as special presentations of artworks from our own collection and those of other museums. Members always receive free admission to temporary exhibitions.
March 1 – May 28, 2023 | August 30 – December 31, 2023 Closed: Mondays and Tuesdays
Ticket prices vary by day and membership.
Crystal Bridges’ North Forest is coming to life once again with an outdoor, nighttime experience. It’s time to listen in.
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March 11 – July 31, 2023
$12 (Free for members, other discounts available.)
The exhibition includes rarely seen works from private collections, major paintings on loan from museums in both the United States and Mexico, studies for pivotal mural projects in Mexico City, San Francisco, Detroit, and New York, as well as large-scale digital projections that convey the immersive quality of his epic murals.
July 9, 2022 – March 6, 2024
Free, no ticket required.
Crystal Bridges’ outdoor architecture exhibition brings together five prototypes for homes to spark a dialogue about contemporary housing.
January 28, 2023 – January 1, 2024
Seeing One Another embraces the global story of the Stieglitz Collection through themes of portraiture, family, and legacy, including works by African, European, and American artists.
On View Now
This unique, midnight-blue, 20 x 20 x 20-foot, living outdoor sculpture combines influences of art, architecture, and nature in the North Forest.
On View – Permanent Collection
Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrored Room is now open once again in the Crystal Bridges collection.
April 8 – September 25, 2023
Featuring works from over 20 artists, Flagged for Discussion explores representations of the US flag across time and artistic media, posing questions to viewers and creating space for conversation within the gallery.
June 24, 2023 – April 22, 2024
This site-specific experiential installation incorporates materials such as silk organza, concrete, light, and sonic elements to speak to ideas of impermanence, loss, and those fleeting moments that cannot be undone.
September 9 – September 29, 2023
This participatory performance installation involves singers in a designed costume approaching visitors in the galleries to offer a gift of a song. The internationally-acclaimed project takes the form of “gift-giving” to invite catharsis, joy, and connection.
September 16 – January 29, 2024
More info coming soon.
This exhibition by the incomparable Annie Leibovitz centers around a new group of photographs highlighting current events and exceptional figures in today’s world, complemented by a selection of her work from the past decade.
October 14, 2023 – March 25, 2024
Toshiko Takaezu // Lenore Tawney debuts 12 new acquisitions to the Crystal Bridges collection that tell the story of a remarkable friendship between two women artists that shaped craft history in the U.S. by expanding and redefining the possibilities of their preferred mediums: Takaezu in ceramics, Tawney in weaving.
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