Seattle Art Museum
1300 First Avenue Seattle, WA 98101
Seattle Asian Art Museum
1400 East Prospect Street Seattle, WA 98112
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2901 Western Avenue Seattle, WA 98121
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SAM Body + Mind | Activity Days
Sat Jan 31 2026
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Anila Quayyum Agha: Geometry of Light
SAM Performs | Spinning Stories
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SAM Stories
SAM Creates: Figure Drawing
Feb 14 & 21, Mar 14 & 21, Apr 11 & 18
SAM Talks | Qiu Zhijie
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Conversations with Curators | Discovering Diamonds in Australia
Thu Feb 19 2026
From antiquity to the present, paintings to porcelain, and baskets to belt masks, SAM’s permanent collection represents global cultures and historical perspectives.
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African Art
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Ancient American Art
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Explore resources that can enhance learning and teaching about SAM's collection.
Chinese painting & calligraphy
Discover SAM's collection of 152 Chinese paintings and calligraphy through high-resolution imagery and essays by renowned scholars.
Perspectives on SAM’s collection art and artists.
Immersed in art: Emerging Arts Leader Cecilia Carroll reflects
Object Spotlight: Girl by Kiki Smith
The Boys in the Boat: See UW Rower Robert Moch’s Vase Collection at SAM
Pride Month: The Fleet’s In and Queer Art at SAM
Pride Month: Rosemarie Trockel’s Bibliothek Babylon
Perspectives on American Art: Inye Wokoma on Beauty, Critique, and Personal Revelations
Inside the World of Ikat: An Interview with SAM Curator Pam McClusky
Object of the Week: The Studio
Object of the Week: Sea Change
Beyond Mysticism: The Modern Northwest
Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads (Bronze)
Monochrome: Calder and Tara Donovan
Samantha Yun Wall: What We Leave Behind
A Room for Animal Intelligence
Qiu Zhijie: Map of the History of Science and Technology
Ai Weiwei: Water Lilies
Chris Kallmyer: Song Cycle
FriendsWithYou: Little Cloud Sky
Lay Your Burden Down
Ash-Glazed Ceramics from Korea and Japan
Diego Cibelli: Fiori dei Miei Habiti / La Montagne Enchantée
Yirrkala: Art from Australia’s Top End
American Art: The Stories We Carry
Lessons from the Institute of Empathy
Impressionisms: The Global Nineteenth Century
Chronicles of a Global East
Boundless: Stories of Asian Art
Pacific Species
Cosmic Beings in Mesoamerican and Andean Art
Art and Life Along the Northwest Coast
Conscious Constructions
Only Connect: The Art of Devotion
Porcelain Room
Italian Room
Search SAM's collection to access the more than 25,000 objects in our holdings. If you cannot find what you are looking for, please email us at submitting@seattleartmuseum.org.
Please contact libraries@seattleartmuseum.org. If you need label text for an object that is not on view or you can’t find what you need through SAM's libraries, please contact collection@seattleartmuseum.org.
Please review SAM's Rights & Resources for information related to image reproduction. If you cannot find the information you are looking for, please use the Image Rights & Reproductions Request form for more information.
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