2012 SUMMER BLOG #1
Crystal Bridges Museum, Bentonville, Arkansas No, NOT disappointed in Alice Walton's CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM despite some negative things we heard about the collection. We spent our first evening enjoying the architecture of MOSHE SAFDIE by walking from the entrance, down to the lake level and all around the complex. It is truly spectacular architecture. There are several comfortable places to rest and to enjoy the landscape or to look through numerous art books in shelves and on tables. For those wanting to do research there is an extensive and spacious library on the upper floor. The next day we concentrated on the chronological collection by starting with the 20th century and traveling backwards to the beginning. WHY? Because the early American paintings, consisting of many portraits or our pinch-nosed founders can be difficult due to the vast numbers in the collection and because we have seen so many of them reproduced over the years in history bo