Seattle Art Museum

The Seattle Art Museum (commonly known as "SAM") is an art museum located in downtown Seattle, Washington USA. Admission is free on the first Thursday of each month.

The Seattle Art Museum opened on June 23, 1933 in an Art Deco building in Volunteer Park, given to the city by Richard E. Fuller, president of the Art Institute of Seattle, and his mother, Margaret MacTavish Fuller. The museum's main collection moved to its present location in December 1991, at which time the old building was renamed the Seattle Asian Art Museum.

Directly in front of the museum is Hammering Man, a 1994 sculpture that also appears in other cities around the globe.

When visiting the Seattle Art Museum be sure to also visit the new Olympic
Sculpture Park on the Seattle Waterfront.