Crystal Bridges’s New Expansion Makes Room for More of Its Story
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, will unveil a 114,000-square-foot expansion designed by Safdie Architects on June 6–7, doubling the museum’s footprint. Founder Alice Walton said she insisted that architect Moshe Safdie—now 87—lead the project, accelerating what had once been discussed as a 50-year plan into a much shorter timeline. The expansion adds new galleries, an event plaza, a new north entrance, and a 40-seat café called Quartz and Honey, plus a Learning and Engagement Hub with studios and artist-in-residence spaces. The project also includes five acres of landscaped trails and gardens, a stream, and a 15,000-square-foot pond within the museum’s 134-acre forested park.
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This story was covered in Museum Shakeups, Biennale Backlash, and a Louvre Trail