Former Pensacola Museum of Art Maria Goldberg discusses Lewis Bear Jr's love for the visual arts. "If you were to look back in the history of the museum from its inception as  an art center, Lewis and Belle, their family, his parents, and now through the Family Foundation, they are probably the largest contributors to the visual arts and the art museum that has ever been."She added, "And so we, as a community, Pensacola, we are all indebted to him and his leadership through all of that, that we have such a vibrant museum for the benefit of all of us."