Seattle Art Museum
The Seattle Art Museum is an
art museum located in
downtown Seattle,
Washington USA. Admission is free on the first Thursday of each month.
The Seattle Art Museum opened on June 23, 1933 in an
Art Deco building in
Volunteer Park, given to the city by Richard E. Fuller, president of the Art Institute of Seattle, and his mother, Margaret MacTavish Fuller. The museum's main collection moved to its present location in December 1991, at which time the old building was renamed the Seattle Asian Art Museum.
Encyclopedia
The
Seattle Art Museum is an
art museum located in
downtown Seattle,
Washington USA. Admission is free on the first Thursday of each month.
The Seattle Art Museum opened on June 23, 1933 in an
Art Deco building in
Volunteer Park, given to the city by Richard E. Fuller, president of the Art Institute of Seattle, and his mother, Margaret MacTavish Fuller. The museum's main collection moved to its present location in December 1991, at which time the old building was renamed the Seattle Asian Art Museum. The new building at University and First Avenue was completed by Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates at 150,000 square feet with a 28,100,000 dollar budget.
Directly in front of the museum is
Hammering Man, a 1994 sculpture that also appears in other cities around the globe.
Beginning in 2006, the Seattle Art Museum will be expanding its 1991 location in a joint effort with
Washington Mutual. To do this, the museum's downtown location will close January 5, 2006. The expanded building will offer four new floors with 70 percent more gallery space, an expanded museum store, and a new restaurant. It is expected to open in spring 2007. A small selection of the museum's collection is currently on display at the Seattle Asian Art Museum during the renovations.
Also being constructed is the new Olympic Sculpture Park on the Seattle waterfront. This new venture is expected to open in October, 2006.
References
External links
- official website
- official website
- An unofficial journal
