Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art opened in Bentonville on November 11, 2011, in a 201,000-square-foot building designed by Moshe Safdie. It is named for Crystal Spring, on the grounds, and the building's bridge-shaped design carries the same name. Alice Walton announced plans for the museum in May 2005, and the Walton Family Foundation has given it more than $1 billion since. The building holds seven galleries, a library of 60,000 items, art studios and a restaurant called Eleven, and an addition that opened on June 7, 2026 increased the facility by nearly 50 percent.

The setting is 120 acres of Ozark forest and garden. Six trails run through it: the Crystal Bridge, Art, Dogwood, Rock Ledge, Tulip Tree and Orchard trails, with the Tulip Tree, Crystal Springs Loop and Rock Ledge trails kept to walkers. There are two large ponds and an overlook. In April 2024 the campus earned Level I accreditation from the ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Program, for native managed forest, flowering and specimen trees, and display gardens of dogwoods, redbuds and magnolias. On the grounds stands a Frank Lloyd Wright house built in 1954 in New Jersey, moved here and opened to visitors on November 11, 2015, with guided tours.

The museum is at 600 Museum Way. Regular admission is free because of a grant from Walmart Inc., though some temporary exhibitions charge. Museum parking in the attached garage is complimentary, and the trails open at sunrise, earlier than the galleries.