Alice Walton—Walmart Heir, Art Collector, Rancher—Has Done it Again With the New Crystal Bridges in Arkansas

On Saturday night outside Crystal Bridges—the Bentonville, Arkansas, museum founded by Walmart heir Alice Walton—I spotted a whole lot of security wearing dongle earpieces and five-point lapel pins. This wasn’t your normal museum gala security. That’s right: Secret Service.

Given the presence of the first family of American consumerism, the Waltons, and a number of high-profile guests expected to attend, the gala was always going to be well-staffed. After 64 years, the Waltons still…