A Look Inside Crystal Bridges on Opening Day
By: Amanda Ashley
Updated: December 15, 2011
Crystal Bridges opened Friday morning. We have team coverage from the museum. Watch tonight at 5, 6, 9 and 10 for more LIVE in Bentonville.
The museum opened its doors at 12:30 p.m. Tickets are free, but opening day is already booked up.
Anchor Neile Jones was in one of the first buses headed for the sold out ticketed tours which began at 12:30:
A glimpse of the tree just outside the museum doors:
The door greeters waited to open the entrance to the first ever guests to Crystal Bridges:
Norman Rockwell's famous "Rosie the Riveter":
Overlooking the museum from one of the observation decks:
Crystal Bridges general collection includes American artwork from Colonial to Contemporary:
The museum store:
The museum cafe is called "11", in reference to the opening date:
Thousands of people moved through the museum on Friday, on guided tours:
Much of the architecture of the building was designed to co-exist with the landscape of NWA:
More than 4,300 tickets guests visited Crystal Bridges over the course of the day. The multi-million dollar building is funded by an endowment from the Walton Family Foundation and houses a collection of art pieces ranging from the Colonial Era to Contemporary art.
For more information on the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and to find the next available day for tickets, click here.
The museum opened its doors at 12:30 p.m. Tickets are free, but opening day is already booked up.
Anchor Neile Jones was in one of the first buses headed for the sold out ticketed tours which began at 12:30:
A glimpse of the tree just outside the museum doors:
The door greeters waited to open the entrance to the first ever guests to Crystal Bridges:
Norman Rockwell's famous "Rosie the Riveter":
Overlooking the museum from one of the observation decks:
Crystal Bridges general collection includes American artwork from Colonial to Contemporary:
The museum store:
The museum cafe is called "11", in reference to the opening date:
Thousands of people moved through the museum on Friday, on guided tours:
Much of the architecture of the building was designed to co-exist with the landscape of NWA:
More than 4,300 tickets guests visited Crystal Bridges over the course of the day. The multi-million dollar building is funded by an endowment from the Walton Family Foundation and houses a collection of art pieces ranging from the Colonial Era to Contemporary art.
For more information on the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and to find the next available day for tickets, click here.
