Seattle Art Museum

A beautiful collection of art from all backgrounds and walks of life. From rooms filled with African masks, contemporary art, Mexican sculptures, and ceramics. There is so much to explore as the museum is 3 stories.

You'll be immersed in a world of history and perfectly curated nooks to explore. My favorite room is on the second floor and is filled with art from Native artists from the surrounding area. You'll learn about their histories, pains, joys, and celebrations. You can snap photos and videos freely which will make great momentos to remember to your day by.

I recommend purchasing tickets before the day you plan to visit- you'll save $3 per ticket. They also have student, senior, and military discounts. It'll be well worth your while!

There were so many amazing exhibits at SAM. The staff here are very kind and helpful. I love how each section has a different wall paper color, it gives every area of the world a difference ambiance and sets the mood for the next exhibit.
SAM also has a market/restaurant on site, there's a sitting area for food and a bar.
Tickets are $30/adult and we spent 3 hours at this museum and the market.

Exhibits were great but the customer service left something to be desired. Polite but not welcoming vibes - the kind that make a visitor feel like their presence is a bother to the staff. It's more noticeable since it's not like the museum is crowded or anything.

Lady staffer at the front counter made direct eye contact with me and then had the audacity to look me up and down. But not a word of "thank you for coming" or anything out of her mouth. So. Awkward. As a somewhat "local," I don't think I'd go back. It's definitely a one time tourist thing to do.

Seattle Art Museum is a super interesting museum. I found so many different art pieces that were beautiful to see and I am glad I stopped in here to look around.

This place is close to the Pike Market Place so if you are around the area, this is walkable from there. Most museums if you love going to them have some art pieces that are always inside and others that tour around the world.

I got to see the Japanese exhibit of Hokusai which is infamous for that Japanese wave that is so memorable worldwide. Within this exhibit, there are other traditional Japanese art from paintings, kimonos, to even Legos.

Overall I had a great time here and with so many floors to explore you will also find something unique and interesting for yourself.

With a husband as an artist and a dad who had an art gallery, I do love going to art galleries, museums and other spaces. This place was like a breath of fresh air. They had a couple of shows that we really appreciated. However, one issue was the entrance. My app said that the entrance was on one corner and I was upset to realize that I walked past the actual entrance to get to the one on my map. But we found it and got in.

There was so much to see and I was glad that they had a couple of "chill out" spaces at the end of the hallway. They took my water bottle when I got there which was frustrating, but they let my husband keep his umbrella, it was small enough to put in my bag.

I did see some iconic works from some artists, and the show by the indigenous woman was wonderful. I loved the videos and books that they had in the chill out room. Another thing was the Hammering Man. I loved seeing it and got a kick out of filming it.

This museum is a bit smaller and was more diverse than I expected and the art was wonderful. I'd love to come back for another visit to digest the rest of the museum.

This place was on our "try to do" list when we were in town. We happened to walk past by it on our way to the Seattle aquarium. We had a little over an hour to kill so we decided to stop by.
It just so happens that it was the first Thursday of the month, which was free! We didn't know that so it made it even more worth checking out last minute. Museum is pretty big! You can probably spend an hour if you take your time walking around. Cool spot to check out.

Nice place to spend some time to look at the art in Seattle!

Check with your employer to see if there are discounts on tickets!

Great place to get some steps in and appreciate the artwork. You can easily spend 1-2 hours here.

Not sure if there's a parking garage tied to the museum...otherwise, street parking or other garages nearby. The museum is walkable from Pike's. So you can definitely park closer to the market and knock two activties out with one go!

An astounding 5 stars, well deserved!!! I am so impressed by the Seattle Art Museum. I make it my business to explore at least one art gallery or museum of some sort whenever I visit a place for the first time. This one did not disappoint, at all.

Coincidentally, while I was in town there was an amazing exhibit on display titled "Dawoud Bey and Carrie Mae Weems in Dialogue". It made me even more excited to stop by! The kind lady at the ticket desk even gave me a 'student discount' price for my ticket entry. How nice of her!

There were 3 floors and a different exhibit each. The suspense was building as we rode the elevator from one floor to the next. Each exhibit more exhilarating than the last. Although I went nearly 2 hour before closing, I intended to satisfy the remaining time and I did not feel rushed. So many art pieces, stories - both written next to them and some on video display. The semi-crowded space maintained it's almost dead silence, as people perused and had facial expressions of awe and intense interest.

I think I may have people-watched almost just as much as I enjoyed the art and paintings. Overall, this art museum was EVERYTHING! Exceeded my expectations and much more than meets the eye. I would and plan to go again at some point, whenever I am in Seattle again. Great staff, great experience, priceless!

I'm from DC so I am used to the free Smithsonian museums, so I hate paying entrance fees but honestly this was better than I expected! At $29 the day before (you pay an extra $3 if you buy it the day of), $25 for military or seniors, or $20 for teens or college students, it is expensive. But the quality, volume, and variety of artwork was impressive!

The fifth floor is close to the public (offices) and the first floor is really just a gift shop. The fourth floor is large, the 3rd floor is HUGE, and the 2nd floor is mostly just the cashier and entrance to the museum.

The temporary exhibit about Hokusai's "Great Wave" will be leaving in two weeks, and I am so glad that we were able to see it before I left. The exhibit included 325 different pieces of art along with one of the remaining original 180 prints of the "Great Wave" and his second most popular piece of artwork, "Red Fuji." at 12:30 on Saturday it took 20 minutes for us to get inside. On Saturdays and Sundays a volunteer docent offers a tour at 1:15 PM. We wish we would have walked around the exhibit first before the tour. Note that for the tour, they have folding chairs you can borrow for free at the entrance to the exhibit!!

The other temporary exhibit is "Calder in Motion", and included dozens of work from the early 1900s on. It seems like there is often a long line to enter this exhibit as well, but the line moved pretty fast shortly after opening on a Saturday morning.

They have great discounts for low income people. Anyone that receives food stamps is free. Since I am disabled they let my caregiver in for free as well.
The museum has 2 floors of art. Most of it is fairly modern, but they had lots of great cultural art as well as some art from the Baroque period. There is a relaxing spot with soothing sounds and a video of a Asian tea ceremony.