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 5–8 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.
Tickets are available both onsite and online.
11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 6 pm | Public Tour: Highlights from SAM’s Collection
These 60-minute tours meet at the top of the 3rd floor escalators.
5–8 pm | Performance by Reggie Goings Group
South Hall
5–8 pm | SAM Films | imagine a mountain running
Plestcheeff Auditorium
Witness a selection of international video poems in conversation with the lucid dream depictions of landscapes and daily life in Beyond Mysticism. Curated by our partners at Cadence Video Poetry. 44 minute total runtime, shown on loop.
5–8 pm | Drop-in art making with Jessie Blackmer
Brotman Forum
5:30–6:30 pm | SAM Gallery artist talk
SAM Gallery