Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is a museum of American art in Bentonville, Arkansas. The museum, founded by Alice Walton and designed by Moshe Safdie, officially opened on 11 November 2011. It offers free public admission.
Panoramic view of the museum
Crystal Bridges at dusk
The main pavilion of the museum features a curved ceiling made with laminated beam supports and bowed glass walls.
Portrait of Professor Benjamin H. Rand (1874) by Thomas Eakins
Bentonville is the ninth-most populous city in the US state of Arkansas, and the county seat of Benton County. The city is centrally located in the county with Rogers adjacent to the east. The city is the birthplace and headquarters of Walmart, the world's largest retailer. It is one of the four main cities in the three-county Northwest Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is ranked 105th in terms of population in the United States with 546,725 residents in 2020, according to the United States Census Bureau. The city itself had a population of 54,164 at the 2020 Census, an increase of 53% from the 2010 Census. Bentonville is considered to be one of the fastest growing cities in the state and consistently ranks amongst the safest cities in Arkansas.
Image: Central Avenue at night
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Image: Benton County Courthouse, Bentonville, Arkansas
"Welcome to Bentonville" board put up at many entrances to the city