Seattle Art Museum

I could spend all day here and you probably could too. There are two floors and I liked the second floor better.

There are so many exhibits that it was hard to keep track of what we've seen and what we hadn't. The layout is a bit wonky.

The tickets are a bit pricy but I thought it was absolutely worth it.

If you're visiting in Seattle and had a fun trip through the Pike Place Market, follow that with a 5 minute walk down First Avenue, to the Seattle Art Museum.

My daughter and I started our museum tour with a visit to their lovely gift shop. It had a good assortment from which to select.

The lovely museum boasts a collection of over 25,000 works of art from around the world. Dating from antiquity to the present, the permanent collection represents a wide range of global cultures and historical perspectives. Some are very unique pieces of

When we visited they had an exhibition, Calder in Motion, from the Shirley Family collection.
It was our favorite part of the 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!

For a big city, this is a rather small museum. That being said, it has a wonderful rotation of exhibits and a has little bit of everything. We like to go when we are in Seattle because our preferred hotel is right across the street.
They offer a senior rate and some days offer discounts. Check out the website while planning your trip.

Stopped by the Seattle Art Museum yesterday during the afternoon time. When we arrived we purchased our tickets in person. Since we were card holders for Bank Of America we got free tickets as that was a partnership they had for the first Saturday of the month. There's a few floors of exhibits which was nice, and a few interactive parts too. We were lucky to get street parking so that was nice as well.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!