Feb 6, 2013 Crystal Bridges Museum, Bentonville, Arkansas

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art was founded by the Walton ( Walmart) Family.  I heard about it on NPR and we stopped in Bentonville, Arkansas to tour it.  The modern sloped architecture is mostly cement colored buildings with horizontal wooden beams centered around a reflecting pool and wandering stream and forested ravine.    Here are just s few of the interesting views

Tour de Tree stainless steel sculpture at the entrance

We had lunch at the restaurant named  "Eleven" because the museum opened on 11/11//11

Abstract Sculpture

I love holly trees.  We cannot grow them in WI

Crystal Creek

There are bench seating here for viewing the sunrise/sunset colored light

This building has a circular opening at the top that catches sunrise and sunset  light

Here are a few of my humble attempts at camera photos of the wonderful pictures.  

There are many portrait type picture.  You can take camera pictures  without flash

Chicago World Fare

I participated in a guided tour called "Strong Women - Celebrating Women Artists"  The tour included "The Reader" by Mary Cassatt, Georgia O'Keeffe's "Small Purple Hills", Louise Nevelson's "Night Zag Wall" and the Joan Mitchell's action painting "Untitled" white canvas brush strokes and colored drip lines.   There is so much to see.  A Norman Rockwell Exhibit will be there in March.