Yesterday the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art had its grand opening. This is a huge deal for this area for several reasons- Arkansas is not known for its culture and this opened that up, and also because WalMart (yes, that WalMart) gave it to us. Alice Walton, daughter of the founder of WalMart, has spent the last 10-15 years collecting art and spending money to build this large museum for Northwest Arkansas. She- and the WalMart Foundation- donated Walton land, personal art collections, and paid for all the work to be done to build this museum, and gave a large enough endowment to keep admission free so everyone can afford to go.
And today I went!
There's an audio tour that I didn't do but will in the spring- it was very crowded today! Also, it would be fun to take my sketchbook and draw some. Such a beautiful museum, and it's almost in my backyard!
