点评:We did a driving trip a few weeks ago to see some relatives in OK and KS and so that I could attend a conference. My wife wanted to add a few days to go to Bentonville to see the Walmart Museum and Crystal Bridges. Not really my "thing" but I'll do anything that makes her happy. Our first night in Bentonville, after having some really tasty BBQ at Wright's, we needed to "walk it off". I found out later that visiting The Spark Cafe which is adjacent to the museum might have been an added incentive to head in that direction...
The museum is free and it can't make more than an hour or two to see it all. It does a good job of going through the history of Sam Walton and his family and how Walmart started. There's a lot items. both commercial and personal belonging to Sam to see. And the visit to the Spark Cafe that's right there for some very inexpensive ice cream sealed the deal as being worth the walk.
翻译:几周前,我们开车去俄克拉荷马州和堪萨斯州看望亲戚,顺便让我能参加一个会议。我妻子还希望多待几天,去本顿维尔参观沃尔玛博物馆和水晶桥博物馆。这些并不是我感兴趣的领域,但只要能让她开心,我什么都愿意做。在本顿维尔的第一个晚上,我们在Wright’s餐厅享用了美味的烧烤后,觉得需要“散散步消消食”。后来我才了解到,参观位于博物馆旁边的Spark咖啡馆或许也是促使人们前往那里的另一个动机……
博物馆免费开放,参观全程大概只需一两个小时。它很好地讲述了山姆·沃尔顿及其家族的历史,以及沃尔玛的创立过程。馆内陈列着许多物品,既有商业用品,也有属于山姆的个人物品,值得一看。随后,我们去了就在附近的Spark Cafe,买了些价格极为便宜的冰淇淋,这更让我觉得这次步行绝对值得。