Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, USA

The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art opens on November 11, 2011 in Bentonville, Arkansas. Alice Walton, the daugher of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton, founded and largely funded, through the Walton Family Foundation, the museum. The museum takes its name from nearby Crystal Spring and the bridge construction incorporated in the building design by world-renowned architect Moshe Safdie.