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Seattle Art Museum

1300 First Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101

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Sunset reflecting off the art-deco facade of the Seattle Asian Art Museum.

Seattle Asian Art Museum

1400 East Prospect Street
Seattle, WA 98112

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Aerial view of Olympic Sculpture Park with Calder's "Eagle" and Serra's "Wake" in the foreground of Seattle's waterfront.

Olympic Sculpture Park

2901 Western Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121

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So much to do at SAM

Seattle Art Museum

DĂ­a de los Muertos Community Celebration

Thu Nov 6 2025

  

5–9 pm

Seattle Art Museum

Free First Thursday: Seattle Art Museum

Thu Nov 6 2025

  

10 am–9 pm

Seattle Asian Art Museum

Anila Agha Open House and Annual WAEA Awards

Fri Nov 7 2025

  

5:30–7:30 pm

Seattle Asian Art Museum

Saturday University: Sherman E. Lee’s Collecting and Exhibitions of Chinese Art

Sat Nov 8 2025

  

10–11:30 am

Seattle Asian Art Museum

Family Saturday

Sat Nov 8 2025

  

10 am–12 pm

Seattle Art Museum

Saturdays at SAM

Sat Nov 8 2025

  

11 am–2 pm

Seattle Art Museum

SAM Talks | From Soil to Stalls: Life on Farms & Markets

Thu Nov 13 2025

  

6–8 pm

Seattle Art Museum

Saturdays at SAM

Sat Nov 15 2025

  

11 am–2 pm

Seattle Asian Art Museum

Lay Your Burden Down Opening Celebration

Sat Nov 15 2025

  

1–3 pm

Olympic Sculpture Park

canceled

Opening Celebration: Ai Weiwei’s Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads

Sat Nov 15 2025

  

11 am–3 pm

Seattle Art Museum

sold out

SAM Creates: Figure Drawing with Studio Paradiso

Sat–Sat Sep 13–Nov 15 2025

  

1:30–4 pm

Seattle Art Museum

Up Close with Conservators | The Four Accomplishments

Thu Nov 20 2025

  

6–7:30 pm

Seattle Art Museum

Legendary Children: 10 Year Anniversary

Fri Nov 21 2025

  

7:30–11 pm

Seattle Art Museum

SAM Films: The Taste of Things

Sat Nov 22 2025

  

2–4 pm

Seattle Asian Art Museum

SAM Performs: Spinning Stories

Sat Nov 29 2025

  

11 am–4 pm

Seattle Art Museum

Member Appreciation Days

Mon–Sun Nov 24–30 2025

  

10 am–5 pm

Seattle Asian Art Museum

SAM Talks: Asia Society Seattle Series

Wed Dec 3 2025

  

5:30–7:30 pm

Seattle Art Museum

Free First Thursday: Seattle Art Museum

Thu Dec 4 2025

  

10 am–8 pm

Seattle Art Museum

Saturdays at SAM

Sat Dec 6 2025

  

11 am–2 pm

Seattle Art Museum

SAM Talks | We Are Where We Eat: Seattle's Food Culture

Thu Dec 11 2025

  

6–8 pm

Seattle Asian Art Museum

Saturday University: The Temple Room and Beyond

Sat Dec 13 2025

  

10–11:30 am

Seattle Art Museum

Saturdays at SAM

Sat Dec 13 2025

  

11 am–2 pm

Seattle Art Museum

SAM Films: King Georges

Sat Dec 13 2025

  

2–4 pm

Seattle Art Museum

Saturdays at SAM

Sat Dec 20 2025

  

11 am–2 pm

Seattle Art Museum

SAM Films: Kings of Pastry

Sat Dec 27 2025

  

2–4 pm

Seattle Asian Art Museum

SAM Performs: Spinning Stories

Sat Dec 27 2025

  

11 am–4 pm

Seattle Asian Art Museum

Free First Thursday: Seattle Asian Art Museum

Thu Jan 1 2026

  

10 am–5 pm

Seattle Art Museum

Free First Thursday: Seattle Art Museum

Thu Jan 1 2026

  

10 am–8 pm

Seattle Art Museum

Saturdays at SAM

Sat Jan 3 2026

  

11 am–2 pm

Seattle Art Museum

SAM Talks | Julian Brave NoiseCat

Thu Jan 8 2026

  

6–8 pm

Seattle Art Museum

Saturdays at SAM

Sat Jan 10 2026

  

11 am–2 pm

Seattle Art Museum

Saturdays at SAM

Sat Jan 17 2026

  

11 am–2 pm

Seattle Art Museum

SAM Films: Sugarcane

Sat Jan 24 2026

  

2–4 pm

Seattle Asian Art Museum

SAM Performs: Spinning Stories

Sat Jan 31 2026

  

11 am–4 pm

Olympic Sculpture Park

SAM Talks | Qiu Zhijie

Sat Jan 31 2026

  

3:30–5 pm

Seattle Art Museum

Free First Thursday: Seattle Art Museum

Thu Feb 5 2026

  

10 am–8 pm

Seattle Art Museum

Saturdays at SAM

Sat Feb 7 2026

  

11 am–2 pm

Seattle Art Museum

Saturdays at SAM

Sat Feb 14 2026

  

11 am–2 pm

Seattle Asian Art Museum

Saturday University: Representations of Transnational Adoptees in Contemporary Korean Dramas

Sat Feb 14 2026

  

2–3:30 pm

Seattle Asian Art Museum

Lunar New Year Family Festival

Sat Feb 21 2026

  

11 am–2 pm

Seattle Art Museum

Saturdays at SAM

Sat Feb 21 2026

  

11 am–2 pm

Seattle Art Museum

Spring Educator Open House: Beyond Mysticism

Thu Mar 5 2026

  

4–7 pm

Seattle Art Museum

Free First Thursday: Seattle Art Museum

Thu Mar 5 2026

  

10 am–8 pm

Seattle Art Museum

Saturdays at SAM

Sat Mar 7 2026

  

11 am–2 pm

Seattle Art Museum

Saturdays at SAM

Sat Mar 14 2026

  

11 am–2 pm

Seattle Asian Art Museum

Saturday University: Photography and the Afterlife of the War in Vietnam

Sat Mar 14 2026

  

2–3:30 pm

Seattle Art Museum

Saturdays at SAM

Sat Mar 21 2026

  

11 am–2 pm

Seattle Art Museum

SAM Remix

Fri Mar 27 2026

  

7–11 pm

Seattle Art Museum

Saturdays at SAM

Sat Apr 4 2026

  

11 am–2 pm

Seattle Art Museum

Spring Educator Workshop: Seeing Self and Place in the Modern Northwest

Sat Apr 4 2026

  

10:30 am–4 pm

Olympic Sculpture Park

Family Saturday: Get Ready for Animal MasqueRAVE

Sat Apr 11 2026

  

10 am–12 pm

Seattle Art Museum

Saturdays at SAM

Sat Apr 11 2026

  

11 am–2 pm

Seattle Asian Art Museum

Saturday University: Blue and Black Panthers

Sat Apr 11 2026

  

2–3:30 pm

Seattle Art Museum

2026 Naramore Ceremony

Fri May 1 2026

  

6–7 pm

Seattle Asian Art Museum

Saturday University: Why Get a Japanese Dragon Tattoo?

Sat May 9 2026

  

2–3:30 pm

Seattle Art Museum

2026 Naramore Middle & High School Art Show

Wed–Sun Apr 1–May 31 2026

  

10 am–5 pm

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