Tickets to the Seattle Art Museum
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Welcome to Seattle! This self-guided audio tour will walk you around downtown, share historic tidbits and point out the stunning postcard-like architecture. To begin with, you will learn about the glory days and rebirth of the ornate 5th Avenue Theatre, hosting popular musical premieres like Hairspray before the Broadway does. Next, you will get to the iconic Pike Place Market to catch up with its daring history and meet Rachel the Bronze Pig, its mascot. Beneath the Market, you will see a quirky urban artwork, the Gum Wall, which is two million gum pieces attached to the wall by passersby. By the Seattle Art Museum' facade you will spot the famous Hammering Man, a hard-working kinetic sculpture that moves nonstop, and you will learn why it does. Passing by the quaint building of Seattle's oldest and most prestigious social club called Rainier Club, you will hear about its high-profile members like Mark Twain and Bill Clinton. Don't miss an aerial view of Seattle while on the tour. For that, you can climb the 73d floor of the tallest building in the entire Washington, the modern Columbia Center. Or, you can take the old-fashioned elevator to the deck on the 35th floor of the Smith Tower, the oldest one in the area. Finally, you will get a glimpse of the city's early days in the 1850s at the Pioneer Square, its fisrt neighborhood. Join the tour to see how old and new images of Seattle are mixed!
Welcome to Seattle, a city that treats to an intricate array of giant public artworks scattered at every step. Art lovers will be delighted to experience it with this in-app audio tour! The tour starts at the Seattle Center, a civic gathering place and home to the city's foremost structures and several large-scale creations at once. You will pass by the Museum of Pop Culture, which looks like a striking sculpture rather than just a building and houses legendary pop culture artifacts. While going to your next location, see the iconic Space Needle, the city's tallest observation tower. Get to "Sonic Bloom," an installation educating about solar energy. You will also get a chance to visit the captivating Chihuly Garden and Glass botanist-themed exhibition. Then, you will walk down to the waterfront and the lawny Olympic Sculpture Park and can accompany the monumental enigmatic ECHO sculpture in looking at Elliott Bay. On your way, downtown, be all eyes and see the weather played by Angie's umbrella sculpture, a lovely kinetic art piece. Next, stroll the vibrant Pike Market, where you will go through fishmongers to discover a special spot to admire the views over Puget Sound fjord. In the end, consider visiting the Seattle Art Museum with artworks from all over the world, including those of the original residents of the Northwest Coast. Get ready to explore Seattle's urban art scene that makes the city so unique and cozy!
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About Seattle Art Museum
The main facility of the museum is located at 1300 1st Ave, Seattle, WA 98101. Seattle Asian Art Museum’s address is 1400 E Prospect St, Seattle, WA 98112. The Olympic Sculpture Park is located at 2901 Western Ave, Seattle, WA 98121.
The Museum is easily accessible by car or public transport.
SAM offers vouchers for discounted parking. Russell Investment Centre garage is directly under the museum, and 3rd & Stewart garage is four blocks away.
Bus stops are located at 2nd and 3rd Ave nearby, University Street tram and light rail station is one block away. Westlake Centre monorail station is about 7 min walk from the museum. Ferry terminal is within walking distance. Bike racks are available in the vicinity.
The main facility of the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) is open from Wednesday to Sunday from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The museum is closed on Monday and Tuesday, and on public holidays.
The Museum is normally less busy on weekdays, mornings and late afternoons are the best times to visit to avoid the crowds as much as possible.
Established in 1933, Seattle Art Museum is the place to go for culture lovers in this otherwise art-saturated city. Apart from the main museum in downtown, the complex includes Seattle Asian Art Museum (SAAM) featuring a collection of historic and contemporary art from the Asian region, and the Olympic Sculpture Park, a waterfront public space with modern and contemporary sculpture.
The main facility opened in its current location in 1991. The collection includes around 25,000 works of art from around the world, spanning a wide range of cultures from antiquity to our times. From ancient American and Australian Aboriginal art to classical European paintings and prints and Islamic ceramics and watercolours, the collection covers many layers of human culture. All the while, modern and contemporary art is probably best represented at the museum.
Things to see and enjoy at the museum:
- Hammering Man, the monumental kinetic sculpture of a worker in front of the museum (48 ft, or almost 15 m high)
- Winslow Homer, Mary Cassatt, John La Farge, and other American artists
- Dürer, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Tintoretto, Goya, Matisse and other European masters
- Pollock, Warhol, Shonibare, and Ai Weiwei — at the Modern & Contemporary section
Last but not least — why not grab a dozen oysters and a glass of rosé right there, at the Seattle Art Museum’s seafood restaurant? After all, Seattle is famous not only for its art, but also for its seafood.
FAQ about Seattle Art Museum
Tickets to Seattle Art Museum cost $29.99 for adults, $24.99 for seniors aged 65+ and members of the military (ID required), $19.99 for students (ID required) and teens aged 15-19. Children aged 14 or less go free.
These are advance prices; all tickets cost $3 more when purchased on the day of your visit.
Admission is free to everyone at the Seattle Art Museum downtown on the first Thursday of every month. Every first Friday of the month, tickets cost $5 for seniors.
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