This summer of 2012, I visited Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Whitney Museum, SF MOMA, De Young Museum, Legion Museum, and Asian Art Museum. If I count San Antonio museum I visited in March, so far I have visited seven major museums this year.
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art http://crystalbridges.org/ was established by Alice Walton, daughter of Sam Walton. It has a good range of American art, from colonial, 19th century, modern, and contemporary art. The exhibition rooms are well divided by gallery bridges and little libraries. It is amazing she and her group collected so many arts. In most museums each room displays arts donated by a certain family, but not entire museum like Crystal Bridges.
It is wonderful to have a world class museum in Arkansas. Hopefully it will include artists from Arkansas, too. Somehow the museum buildings didn't fit in the surrounding nature. When the materials used for the building weather out, they might look nice. The pond looks nice in the brochure, but not so great in the drought; it just looked dirty. It is their policy not to use chemical to clean the water. Fountains might do some magic, though.
The guide was really knowledgeable and friendly.
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