Call your friends and bring the family, admission is FREE to everyone at the Seattle Art Museum on the first Thursday of every month.
In addition to our regular hours, Seattle Art Museum will be open for Free First Thursday evenings from 5–8 pm to provide more opportunities to visit the galleries for free! Evening hours will feature extra activities like live music, drop-in art making, and in-gallery experiences for visitors.
Tickets are available both onsite and online.
11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 6 pm | Public Tour: Highlights from SAM’s Collection
These 60-minute tours meet at the top of the 3rd floor escalators.
5-8 pm | Drop-In Watercolor Still Life Workshop with Laura Baly
South Hall
5–8 pm | Medicine Circle: Indigenous Stories of Return short films, presented by SIFF
Plestcheeff Auditorium, South Hall
This selection of short, Indigenous-made films exemplifies the stunning fortitude and vibrant visions born of communities from around the snowy northern regions of the world.
5-8 pm | Tabling by FarMore Washington
Brotman Forum
FarMore Washington is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that supports local farms. Stop at their table to learn more about their work and get involved!
5:30-6 pm | Farm to Table Talk from Local Farmer Caroline Baptist
4th floor galleries, meet at the entrance to the exhibition
Caroline Baptist is a first-generation farmer of River Valley Country Club, a small-scale farm in Snoqualmie Valley. Caroline has grown organic vegetables, raised chickens, ducks and geese for eggs, sheep for meat and fiber, and currently raises heritage breed turkeys on pasture. Caroline has a holistic approach to farming, valuing regenerative practices like rotational grazing, cover cropping, and low-till farming to improve soil health.
5:30–6:30 pm | SAM Gallery Artist Talk
SAM Gallery
7-7:30 pm | Farm to Table Talk from Professor of French and Italian Irina Markina
4th floor galleries, meet at the entrance to the exhibition
Irina Markina teaches French language and culture at the University of Washington. She is a recent transplant to the PNW, having obtained her doctorate from Princeton University in 2022. She is currently working on a book on the overlooked public murals commissioned for Parisian town halls in the late nineteenth century.