Seattle Art Museum - Seattle Art Museum

  • Address: 100 University St,Seattle, WA 98101-2902
  • Phone: +1 206 654 3100
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  • Website:www.seattleartmuseum.org
Average Rating
4.0
114+ reviews
from 2 sources
Yahoo! Travel
4.5
3+ reviews
Yelp
4.0
111+ reviews
Seattle Art Museum
100 University St
Seattle, WA 98101-2902

Seattle Art Museum Details

Full Amenity List

  • Concessions-Food Available
  • Guided Tours
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Descriptions from Across the Web

  • Through its exhibitions, collections, and programs, the Frye Art Museum engages audiences, challenges perceptions, and encourages dialogue about representational art in all its complexities, ... more on Fryemuseum.org
  • A museum with works mainly from 19th and 20th century American artists. more on TripAdvisor
  • Walk past the reflecting pool, through the heavy copper doors, and into this small, gemlike museum on Seattle's First Hill. The focus here is on 19th and 20th century European and American representational art. The Charles and Emma Frye galleries show a rotating selection of works from the Charle... more on GoCityKids.com
  • One of Seattle's finest museums, the SAM boasts a collection of nearly 23,000 objects representing a wide span of art that stretches from the ancient to the contemporary. The permanent collection is divided into five regional areas: Asian, African, Northwest Coast Native American, modern art and ... more on Weather.com
  • This post-modern structure houses an impressive and eclectic collection. more on TripAdvisor

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5.0
Ethnic Experience

(January 05, 2010 00:00)

I absolutely love to go to the Seattle Art Museum, they always have the most wonderful displays of art from around the world, and plus they honor the Native Cultures of North America as well. The last time I was there, I saw the most amazing African art display of masks, jewelry, and pictures of ... By bellus_audentia from Lexington, Ky, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

Wonderful place to visit!

This is one of Seattles free museums. It is well worth the visit. It is very old and has some beautiful pieces on permanent display, then ... insiderpages.com, a user of insiderpages.com. Read full review on OpenList.com

5.0
Annalisa S. 's review

The Frye brings in great artists and exhibits, and houses them in an intimate atmosphere that invites you to get up close and personal with the art, ... a user of yelp.com. Read full review on Yelp

5.0
Interesting and Educational

(January 05, 2010 00:00)

A must see for those of us who claim the pacific Northwest as our home. Parking is a bit of a problem, although we did get lucky and get a reasonable spot with-in a few blocks. The first couple of floors were nice; However, we should have went directly to ... By threedogsacat from Everett, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

Wonderful art museum, free

Rooms of modern paintings and renaissance paintings, no admission fee to get in, and the security gu... judysbook.com, a user of judysbook.com. Read full review on OpenList.com

Directions

Going North on I-5: Take the James Street exit. Go East up hill. Take a Left onto Terry Avenue. Go North 2 blocks. OR Take Madison Street exit (just North of James Street). Go East up hill. Take a Right onto Terry Street. Go South 2 blocks. Going South on

Hours

Tu-Su 10a-5p

Miscellaneous

  • Admission: All Frye programs are free, except where noted
  • Collections: Inside the Frye :Frye Future: The Collection Management Plan;Artists at the Frye - Summer 2007;Seattle Channel Gallery Hop: Frye Museum;Puzzle Solver;Ida Kay Greathouse���������s Centenary Birthday;Fly on the Wall by photographer Robert Lyons ;Looking Ahe
  • Exhibits: current exhibitions:R. Crumb���������s Underground;Dreaming the Emerald City;Youth Art Exhibitions

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