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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Crystal Bridges at 10
Crystal Bridges at 10 is an immersive exhibition with 10 distinct art experiences celebrating the museum’s collection and the local community one decade into the museum’s lifetime. Primarily drawing from the museum’s collection, the exhibition features 130+ artworks, presenting crowd favorites in new ways, showcasing works never before on view at the museum, and lifting up artist voices.
Step into Maxfield Parrish’s The Lantern Bearers with a life-size tableau vivant, or living picture. Discover a collection of works inspired by the four elements of air, earth, fire, and water, designed by artist Mark Dion. Enjoy a room of art curated from an artist’s point of view: Dyani White Hawk (Sičáŋǧu Lakota), whose work is part of the Crystal Bridges collection. Watch as Fayetteville-based artist Ziba Rajabi creates a new work of art before your eyes. Walk through the museum’s forest in the galleries with an immersive light-and-sound installation.
Through collaborations with local artists and experts, the Northwest Arkansas community is also represented in the exhibition. Inspired by Norman Rockwell’s Rosie the Riveter, read the stories of some of Northwest Arkansas’s community champions. Watch as the University of Arkansas takes a digital dive into Francis Guy’s Winter Scene in Brooklyn. See self-portraits made by local children framed on the wall next to self-portraits from the collection. Discover all of this and more.
In a spectacular celebration of art brought to life from voices both within and beyond the museum, Crystal Bridges at 10 revels in the museum’s first 10 years and sets the precedent for the decade to come.
Crystal Bridges at 10 is curated by Mindy Besaw, curator, American art and director of fellowships and research, and Lauren Haynes, former director of artist initiatives and curator, contemporary art at Crystal Bridges and the Momentary and newly appointed Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University.
Members, SNAP participants, Veterans, and Youth 18 and Under: FREE
SNAP participants, please call 479.657.2335 to enroll for free entry to temporary exhibitions.
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Per CDC’s updated guidelines, we are now requiring all guests ages 2 and up and staff to wear a face covering indoors and while attending outdoor programs, except while eating or drinking. Masks will be available upon entry for those who do not have one.
Wednesday-Friday, starting at 4 pm.
We’ve got your weeknight plans covered. On Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday evenings while the exhibition is open, enjoy happy hour in Eleven from 4 to 6:30 p.m. with yummy bites and half-price beer and wine selections, then see Crystal Bridges at 10 for free! No tickets needed, simply head to the exhibition entrance any time after 4 p.m. The museum is open until 9 p.m. Wednesday-Friday.
Poking Fun and Making Sense: Mark Dion’s Elemental Collections in Crystal Bridges at 10
From shirts and mugs to scarfs and lamps, make Crystal Bridges part of your home with these fun gifts.
Now on view in Crystal Bridges at 10 are two crowd-favorite works by artist Evan Penny. In celebration of these works, enjoy this 2013 interview of Penny and learn more about the artist and his process.
Have you ever considered how the lighting in a museum affects the way we see a work of art? Learn more about the Art + Nature section of Crystal Bridges at 10 and the lighting designer behind it, Shawn Irish from the University of Arkansas.
New on View in Crystal Bridges at 10: Rosa Rolanda’s Autorretrato (Self-Portrait)
New on View in Crystal Bridges at 10: Meleko Mokgosi’s Untitled
FindingNWA Interviews Crystal Bridges at 10 Community Champions
Francis Guy Winter Scene in Brooklyn, 1820 Oil on canvas 58 x 106 in. (147.3 x 269.2 cm) Framed: 67 in. × 113 1/4 in. × 3 1/4 in. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas.
Carmen Herrera Cerulean, 1965 Acrylic on canvas, in artist’s frame 69 × 68 1/2 in. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas.
Jacob Lawrence Ambulance Call, 1948 Tempera on board 24 x 20 in. Promised Gift to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas.
Alfredo Ramos Martínez Florida Mexicana, ca. 1936 Oil on canvas 36 × 30 in. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas.
Alice Neel Hugh Hurd, 1964 Oil on canvas 40 1/4 × 30 1/4 in. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas.
Isamu Noguchi Lunar Landscape, 1943 Magnesite cement, electric lights, colored acetate sheets, cork, and string 35 x 25 1/4 x 7 in. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas.
Maxfield Parrish The Lantern Bearers, 1908 Oil on canvas mounted on board 40 × 32 in. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas.
Deborah Roberts He looks like me, 2019 Mixed media on panel 59 7/8 × 48 in. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
Norman Rockwell Rosie the Riveter (detail), 1943 Oil on canvas 52 x 40 in. Rosie the Riveter © SEPS licensed by Curtis Licensing. Photography by Dwight Primiano.
Fritz Scholder Indian Land #4, 1980 Acrylic on canvas 80 × 68 in. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Emma Amos Woman with Hat (detail), 1980 Etching and aquatint 30 x 22 ½ in. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Gift of Ryan Lee Gallery, 2019.22. Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Jason Bard Yarmosky Wintered Fields (detail), 2015 Oil on canvas, triptych 72 ¼ x 144 x 2 in. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, 2019.21. Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
