About Seattle Art Museum

The Seattle Art Museum (commonly known as SAM) is an art museum located in Seattle, Washington, United States. The museum operates three major facilities: its main museum in downtown Seattle; the Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park, Capitol Hill; and Olympic Sculpture Park on the central Seattle waterfront, which opened in 2007.

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Founded
1933
Annual visitors
797.1K
797,127
Architect
Carl Frelinghuysen Gould
Director
Mimi Gardner Gates

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  2. Inside Seattle Art Museum02Inside Seattle Art MuseumMiguel Hermoso Cuesta · CC BY-SA 4.0
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  4. Construction Site Seattle04Construction Site SeattleTom Harpel from Seattle, Washington, United States · CC BY 2.0
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