Part 1 of 5 | Conversations with Alice Walton and Moshe Safdie @CrystalBridgesMuseum

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Take a tour of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art with founder and chairperson Alice Walton and architect Moshe Safdie as they reminisce about the process of designing a museum with the goal of uniting art, nature and architecture and discuss the building's construction and details. This conversation was recorded in June 2013, nearly two years after Crystal Bridges opened.

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Part 1 of 5 | Conversations with Alice Walton and Moshe Safdie

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Part 1 of 5 | Conversations with Alice Walton and Moshe Safdie