Seattle Art Museum
art museum in Seattle, Washington
The Seattle Art Museum (commonly known as "SAM") is an art museum in Seattle, Washington, USA. It has three major facilities. The first is the main museum in downtown Seattle. The second is the Seattle Asian Art Museum (SAAM) in Volunteer Park on Capitol Hill. The third is the Olympic Sculpture Park on the central Seattle waterfront.
 Old entrance of the Seattle Art Museum, built 1991 (before expansion in 2007 added a new main entrance). | |
  Location within downtown Seattle | |
| Established | 1933 |
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| Location | 1300 First Avenue, Seattle, Washington |
| Coordinates | 47°36′26″N 122°20′17″W / 47.6072°N 122.3381°W |
| Type | Art Museum |
| Collection size | 25,000 |
| Visitors | 797,127 (2007) |
| Director | Kimerly Rorschach |
| Public transit access |  University Street station |
| Website | www.seattleartmuseum.org |
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