In the grand tradition of Isabella Stewart Gardner and Henry Clay Frick, Alice L. Walton has used her immense wealth to create a world-class museum for the enjoyment of a broad public audience. Unlike Gardner and Frick, however, Walton, who opened a museum in 2011, did not select a location in a bustling metropolis to build what will become her greatest legacy. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art's location in Bentonville, Arkansas presents a set of challenges and opportunities for the museum and its mission to educate in particular. This article explores how a museum which Walton founded, built in her hometown, approaches these challenges and opportunities to museum education as America's newest world-class art museum.