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	SAM collects and exhibits objects from <strong>across cultures</strong>, exploring the 
	<strong>connections between past and present</strong>.
	Currently the collection consists of approximately 23,000 objects. Browse through 
	<strong>selected highlights</strong> of our active collecting areas.
	</p><table width="455px"><tr valign="bottom"><td width="135px" valign="bottom"><a href="javascript:submitcollection('WEB:New Acquisitions','5621')" onmouseover="window.status='New Acquisitions'; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true"><h3>New Acquisitions</h3></a></td><td width="135px" valign="bottom"><a href="javascript:submitcollection('WEB.Olympic Sculpture Park','6096')" onmouseover="window.status='OSP'; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true"><h3>Olympic Sculpture Park</h3></a></td><td width="135px" valign="bottom"><a href="javascript:submitcollection('WEB.Oceanic & Aboriginal Art','4318')" onmouseover="window.status='Australian Aboriginal and Oceanic Art'; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true"><h3>Australian Aboriginal<br>& Oceanic Art</h3></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="javascript:submitcollection('WEB:New Acquisitions','5621')" onmouseover="window.status='New Acquisitions'; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true"><img width="135px" height="121px" src="../images/SAM/newAcquisitions.jpg"></a></td><td><a href="javascript:submitcollection('WEB.Olympic Sculpture Park','6096')" onmouseover="window.status='OSP'; 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