Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

Crystal Bridges has been in the news for ious courses of action and associations with other workmanship historical centers to share accumulations. In 2006, the exhibition hall joined forces with the National Gallery of Art trying to buy Thomas Eakins' The Gross Clinic from Thomas Jefferson University. Under the terms of the assention, the two historical centers consented to pay a record $68 million, however the college gave Philadelphia 45 days to coordinate the offer. The Philadelphia Museum of Art and Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts consented to on the whole match the offer and the artistic creation stayed in Philadelphia. The buy constrained the two exhibition halls to offer some of their best Eakins pieces including Cowboy Singing and The Cello Player. In April 2007, Crystal Bridges obtained another Eakins having a place with Thomas Jefferson University entitled Portrait of Professor Benjamin H. Rand for an expected $20 million.