The First Thursday of every month admission to the Seattle Art Museum is free! Additionally, First Friday for Seniors provides general admission free to seniors. Tickets to special exhibitions are an additional $7.99. It's the perfect time to check out the new and latest exhibits at SAM. SAM wants everyone to experience the art in …
Originating in China and transformed in Japan, the iconic Tea Culture of Chanoyu distills art, hospitality, and philosophy into an unprecedented and unrepeatable moment of serenity and beauty. Experience Chanoyu in the Seattle Art Museum's finely crafted teahouse and discover how the medium of offering and receiving a bowl of tea provides a model for …
Enhance your visit to Seattle Art Museum with a guided gallery tour of SAM's global collection. Engage with other visitors and discover diverse personal connections while exploring creatively installed galleries and outstanding works of art. This 60-minute tour is free with museum admission and meets at the top of the third-floor escalators. Tours take place …
Get your ticket, grab your seat, and experience films exploring themes connected to the art on view in SAM’s galleries! SAM Films features a changing roster of exciting guest film curators who bring the ideas from the museum’s exhibitions and collections to the big screen. Upcoming events: May 18: Rohingya May
Organized by teens, for teens, Teen Night Out is an annual after-hours celebration featuring one-of-a-kind programming by Seattle's most talented teens. This year's theme—Childhood Whimsy—invites you to embrace our inner-child, tapping into memories that inspire your joy and creativity! With nostalgic art-making activities, a fashion show hosted by Aleksa Manila, a live DJ, in-gallery BINGO, …
SAM Gallery invites you to explore and Wander this May. Artist Enid Smith Becker creates tangible adventure with contemporary paintings of the natural world, beckoning us to reconnect with places we might find as we wander. Read more about her art and process on SAM Stories. Inviting us to engage with nature and connect spiritually …
Join SAM in honoring incredible student artists at the Naramore Art Show! This annual tradition showcases the artistic creations of Seattle Public Schools’ middle and high school students. The visual art teachers of SPS work with students throughout the district to submit artworks across mediums including drawing, painting, sculpture and more. The art is on …
SAM Gallery welcomes the energy of the spring with Rising, on display April 2-27. Artists Stephen Rock and Laura Van Horne create upward motion and movement using abstract imagery rooted in organic inspiration. Combining digital and traditional mediums, Stephen Rock uses abstract elements of the land to bring to life the energy of growth and renewal, while artist Laura …
Seattle's favorite after-hours museum event is back! Remix will showcase the power of art to make change with performances by genre-smashing musicians like TeZATalks, works by provocateur artist Ai Weiwei, and DIY art workshops. Join SAM for gallery explorations, a fashion show, stand-up comedy and more during an evening that will explore all forms of …
SAM Gallery builds up to a change of seasons with Stacked, on display March 5-30. From a single brick to a towering structure, artist Joseph Steininger considers all aspects for each piece he creates. Using stencils and spray paint, he builds layer upon layer to add depth, shadow and contrast to each of his works. With …
Enter the Secret World at SAM Gallery this February! In these new works, artist Niki Keenan invites you into lush, green hidden places and captures moments of emerging light in her paintings. Photographer Daniel J. Gregory views the world in abstract ways using color to create composition and present another way of seeing spaces you …
This February, soar through aviation history, explore the best of pop culture, walk through a garden of glass, dive into Pacific Northwest marine life and so much more as Seattle Museum Month returns for 2025! Guests who stay at participating downtown Seattle hotels will receive half-price admission to the region's favorite museums, including Chihuly Garden …
As the year begins, we build with the pieces of what we carry from the year we leave behind. Highlights presents multi-media works created with a variety of materials, pieces, and layers. Featuring Alfred Harris, Barbara Robertson, and other artists from SAM Gallery, this show shares combinations of different media that, when brought together, tell …
Join Seattle Art Museum in a series of musical performances exploring the genre that inspired the genius exhibited in Following Space: Thaddeus Mosley and Alexander Calder. Each week, SAM will have a different jazz ensemble perform in the South Hall on Saturday from noon-12:45 p.m. and 1:15-2 p.m. Listen to the experimental and dynamic music …
Invitation to Collect presents work by SAM Gallery artists in a wide array of sizes, techniques, price ranges, and subject matters. Get inspired to bring original artwork into your personal collection, or to gift a work of art to friends or family. This collection is on display Dec. 4-29. Get more detai