The opening of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has been delayed until sometime in 2010 because of problems encountered during foundation work, project officials said Friday.
When Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton and the Walton Family Foundation announced plans for the museum in 2005, the target date was May 2009.
Expectations for the museum's opening were later adjusted to late 2009, its executive director, Bob Workman, said Friday morning during a media tour of the construction site.
Workman wouldn't give a firm date for the opening.
Excavation is complete and foundation work has begun. The museum's buildings will be constructed in a valley bordered by forested hillsides. Moshe Safdie and Associates of Boston is designing the museum, with Safdie as the primary architect.
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