Call your friends and bring the family, admission is FREE to everyone at the Seattle Art Museum on the first Thursday of every month. In addition to our regular hours, Seattle Art Museum will be open for Free First Thursday evenings from 5â8 pm to provide more opportunities to visit the galleries for free! Evening hours will feature extra activities like live music, drop-in art making, and in-gallery experiences for visitors.
11:30 am, 1:30 pm | Public Tour: Highlights from SAMâs Collection
These 60-minute tours meet at the top of the 3rd floor escalators.
5â8 pm | Performance by the Balourdet Quartet
Brotman Forum
5â8 pm | Drop-in art workshop: Seeds of light lantern making
South Hall
Inspired by SAMâs new public art piece DRIFT: Meadow, this activity invites participants to decorate, cut, fold, and illuminate paper to create glowing pod lanterns. Each lantern holds a suspended light and travels home with its maker, dispersing these artworks beyond the museum and into the community. Developed by teaching artist Jessie Blackmer.
5:30â6:30 pm | SAM Gallery Artist Talk
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6â7 pm |Â Beyond Mysticism Public Tour
This tour meets at the 4th floor special exhibition entrance.
Free First Thursday Evenings Presented by
