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Enhance your museum visit with an audio tour of selected objects in the SAM collection and selected special exhibition. Hear interesting perspectives of curators, artists, fashion designers and icons, collectors, a priest, Native storytellers, and teens. All audio content is FREE on your own device.
WAYS TO TAKE AN AUDIO TOUR
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Cell Phone: Dial 206.866.3222 for the free tour. Enter the numbers next to the artworks, then press the # key
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Listen online: Listen on
Soundcloud and download the mp3s for free
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App: Download the free STQRY (with a “Q”) app in your app store on Windows, iPhone, and Android smartphones. Open STQRY app, select "Seattle Art Museum," then "stories" tab, then select a mobile tour
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Audio Guide Wands: Available for rent for $5 for selected special exhibitions in the galleries on a first-come, first-served basis
SPECIAL AUDIO GUIDE FOR LOW/NO VISION VISITORS
There is a second audio tour with verbal descriptions of the same artworks for visitors who are blind or partially sighted (or anyone seeking an in-depth guided look at the objects).
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Listen online: Visit our collection of Low/No Vision audio tours from current and past exhibitions on
Soundcloud.
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Cell Phone: Dial 206.866.3222 for the free tour. Look for the text that says “low/no vision” near select works of art. Enter the number next to this text and then press the # key.