When Alice Walton, heiress of the Walmart fortune, opened a $500 million art center in Bentonville, Ark., she had her share of critics. "There was a lot of skepticism about what Alice and her family were up to, and whether it was a vanity project," says the museum's director, Don Bacigalupi. "It built into Alice an awareness of the prejudices against a small town and the South and all of that." But her commitment to building up such an impressive collection and bringing it to an overlooked spot in the country slowly brought out fans—and ensured her legacy.
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