Seattle Art Museum

Sorry folks, I've not bothered with an update each day this week, been busy... but just so you don't feel left out I will fill you in on my activity over the last four days.


Thursday 18th:
After a lazy start I headed out to have a look around SAM (Seattle Art Museum) on 1st Avenue. It has a collection of African Art, Northwest …

... . It was 'First Free Thursday' the next day - on the first Thursday of every month some of the museums are free. We went to the art museum. It was okay, not the best, but there were a few nice pieces there. That night there were some bands playing at an ...

... who served us was pretty cute too (even if he was a Braves fan!).   After leaving the café Hannah went to the Seattle Art Museum and I decided to have a look around the shops.  I found a L'Occitane where I treated myself to a large tube of ...

... barber. Then we walked to Volunteer Park and up the Water Tower which had fabulous views of Seattle in all directions. It also had a great Asian Art Museum which we happily wandered around, before finally heading back home. Emily made us a lovely ...

... art are stranger than others, however, the weirdest have to be the stairs that lead to nowhere. The Hammering Man outside the Seattle Art Museum is another strange piece of art; his arm continually hammers every day of the year except for Labor Day. He ...

... the fish counter at the world famous fish market. We also saw SAM, the mobilized hammering sculpture new to the Seattle Art Museum. Towering stories above the people, Sam symbolizes the industry and hard work that built Seattle.     On ...

... and keep it short, though I did and saw so much I don't know if Il'll be able too! First I want to the Seattle Art Museum (SAM). I'm not really into old paintings, I like things like sculptures and photography a lot better - my favorite gallery is the ...

... most of the attractions open at 10am, we took our time leaving.  Plan of attack was to go around the International District, Seattle Art Museum, and whatever else we could fit in. It wound up being a rather busy day. Had some Bux, then took a ...

... Seattle map of all the commercial attractions and camera ready to go snap picture happy. From the Pike fish market to the SAM (Seattle Art Museum), we were determined to take it all in. We explored most of Seattle all in a day, starting from the famous ...

... the Rick Steves guide (Thanks, Cousin Matt, for giving us ours!). We both loved his city walking tours and I found his art museum tours helpful. Since Julius skipped the art museums I could listen to his free podcasts of museum tours on my iPod. If ...

... abstract - there are also a number of traffic cones (about 20ft high) and a large wheel (just like the one outside Denver Art Museum).  It is a nice place to walk and cycle, especially as it runs along the waterfront.   I decided then to go ...