The president of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville is resigning, although he will remain as a member of the museum's board of directors.
The museum announced Monday that Don Bacigalupi will step down as president on Jan. 14 to accept an appointment as the Founding President for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art that is to be built in Chicago.
Bacigalupi was named executive director of Crystal Bridges in 2009 and helped in the planning, collection development and opening of the museum. He became president in 2013.
The museum was founded in 2005 by the Walton Family Foundation and opened to the public in November 2011.
