Crystal Bridges opens 114,000-square-foot expansion this weekend
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, opens a 114,000-square-foot expansion to the public on June 6-7, designed by Safdie Architects. The project adds two new galleries—a temporary exhibition space launching with “Keith Haring in 3D” and a Contemporary American Art Gallery featuring works by Yayoi Kusama and Teresita Fernández—plus a creative learning hub, artist-in-residence studios, a ceramics studio, and a bridge café. The expansion completes a figure-eight circulation pattern across two ponds and introduces a new north entrance, with architectural elements like exposed southern yellow pine beams and copper cladding.