I'm always up for a visit to Bentonville, AR home to Crystal Bridges. Thanks to Cherry Bailey and Trudy Stinnett who took the 3-hour ride with me. We toured indoors to see the permanent art collection and I was delighted to see some new acquisitions and the reinstallation of over 40 works hung tightly together in the Paris Salon style (which I read of in Robin Oliveira's novel about Mary Cassatt's art exhibitions). We walked several of the eight outdoor trails surrounding the museum seeing the quartz crystal grotto, outdoor sculptures, native plantings, and the Frank Lloyd Wright House. Lastly, after dark, we experienced the North Forest Lights installation (ending February 16) with its light, sound, special effects and music. My favorite was "The Memory of Water" over a dry creek bed simulating moving water and crashing waves.
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