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A SAM membership makes a perfect holiday gift!
Choose the right level for your recipient below.
This season, give someone in your life unlimited access to the world of art.
Your gift of a SAM membership will not only provide your friend or loved one with unbeatable benefits for 12 months, but you will feel good knowing you are supporting the arts in our community.
Give us a call to purchase multiple gift memberships and receive 20% off three or more.
206.654.3210, seven days a week, 10 am–5 pm.
Family
$129/year
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All benefits good for two adults and all children 19 and under in the same household
select levelPatron
$250/year
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Best value! Includes free admission for two members and two guests every visit, reciprocal admission at over 25 museums, four one-time use guest passes, invitations to Premier Member Receptions, and more
select levelThings to know
- All gift memberships will be mailed directly to the recipient.
- All gifts purchased between November 1 and December 19 will receive a December 31, 2026, expiration date. Gifts purchased December 20 and later will receive a January 31, 2027, expiration date.
- Gifts purchased by November 30 will be mailed out by December 5.
- Gifts purchased by December 15 will be mailed out by December 17.
- By providing a gift recipient’s email address, the member may receive museum information before they have received their membership materials.
Purchase early to ensure your gift arrives in time. Processing times during the holidays may be longer than usual. SAM will do our best to process all gifts received by December 15 in time for Christmas. Contact us at membership@seattleartmuseum.org to receive a digital membership welcome letter to gift to your recipient.
Not sure if your gift recipient is already a member? Don’t have all of their contact information? Buying multiple gifts? We’re here to help. Give us a call at 206.654.3210 or email us at membership@seattleartmuseum.org.
Some restrictions apply.*
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*10% off gift membership purchases at the Individual through Patron levels is available to active SAM members all year and does not expire. All promotions cannot be combined with any other discount/offer or be applied to discounted memberships including Senior, Dual Senior, and Student levels. Offers cannot be applied to previous purchases. Offer is available online, over the phone, and on site. All sales are final.
What’s included
Invitations to member-only special exhibition previews
including to the Member Preview & Happy Hour for Beyond Mysticism: The Modern Northwest on March 4, 2026
Unlimited free admission to SAM
including exhibitions such as Samantha Yun Wall: What We Leave Behind and Monochrome: Calder and Tara Donovan
Access to member-only programming
including SAM’s beloved lecture series, Conversations with Curators and Up Close With Conservators
40% off admission for friends and family
for a limited number of guests on every visit
. . . and more!
Installation view of Tariqa Waters: Venus is Missing at Seattle Art Museum, 2025, photo: Natali Wiseman. Photo: Chloe Collyer. Photo: Chloe Collyer. Liminal Space, 2021, Anila Quayyum Agha, Pakistani-American, b. 1965, laser-cut and lacquered steel, 65 x 65 in., Courtesy of Sundaram Tagore Gallery, NYC, and the artist, © Anila Quayyum Agha, photo: Steve Watson/Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX. Installation view of "Anila Quayyum Agha: Geometry of Light" at Seattle Asian Art Museum, 2025, photo: Chloe Collyer. Le Carreau des Halles, 1880, Victor Gabriel Gilbert, French, 1847-1933, oil on panel, 21 1/8 x 29 in., Musée d’art moderne André Malraux, Malraux, Le Havre, Courtesy American Federation of Arts. Landscape with Cattle, late 19th c., Rosa Bonheur, French, 1822-1899, oil on canvas, 33 3/16 x 48 1/4 in., Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1921.69.1, Gift of Dr. Edward Krumbhaar and Hermann Krumbhaar, 1921, Courtesy American Federation of Arts. Modal Tide, 1940, Mark Tobey, American, oil on canvas, 34 1/2 x 47 3/8 in., Overall h.: 39 1/2 in. Overall w.: 52 3/4 in., Gift of the West Seattle Art Club, Katherine B. Baker Memorial Purchase Prize, 26th Annual Exhibition of Northwest Artists, 40.58, photo: Paul Macapia. What We Leave Behind, 2025, Samantha Yun Wall, Korean/American, b. 1977, ink and conté crayon on Claybord, 60 x 84 x 2.25 in., Courtesy of the artist, © Samantha Yun Wall, photo: Mario Gallucci. Untitled (Mylar), 2011/2013, Tara Donovan, American, b. 1969, mylar and hot glue, dimensions variable, Courtesy Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, © Tara Donovan, photo: Mick Vicenz. Photo: Chloe Collyer. Photo: Chloe Collyer. Photo: Chloe Collyer. Photo: Alborz Kamalizad. Photo: Alborz Kamalizad.
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