Seattle Asian Art Museum

Asian Art Museum
Seattle Landmark
Asian Art Museum
Location within Washington (state)
Location	Volunteer Park, Seattle, Washington, United States
Coordinates	47°37′49″N 122°18′51″W / 47.6303°N 122.3143°W / 47.6303; -122.3143Coordinates: 47°37′49″N 122°18′51″W / 47.6303°N 122.3143°W / 47.6303; -122.3143
Type	Art museum
Website	www.seattleartmuseum.org/visit/asian-art-museum

Camel statue in front of the SAAM

The Asian Art Museum is a museum of Asian art located inside Volunteer Park in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States. Part of the Seattle Art Museum, AAM occupies the 1933 Art Moderne building (designed by Carl F. Gould of the architectural firm Bebb and Gould and listed on the National Register of Historic Places) which was originally home to the Seattle Art Museum's main collection. In 1991 the main collection moved to a newly constructed Seattle Art Museum building in downtown Seattle. The building in Volunteer Park remained closed until 1994, when it reopened as the Seattle Asian Art Museum.^[1] Admission is free on the first Thursday and the first Saturday of every month.

The building

The building is a designated Seattle landmark.^[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.

Gallery

Rishabhanatha sculpture, 10th Century
Mahavira sculpture, 11th Century
Furisode, Japan, 1800
Indra, Nepal, 13th century
Nine dragons Summer Robe, China

Notes

↑ Reynolds, Jonathan M., ed. (September 1994). "Museum News". Newsletter, East Asian Art and Archaeology. Center of Japanese Studies, University of Michigan (47): 13. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Landmarks Alphabetical Listing for S, Individual Landmarks, Department of Neighborhoods, City of Seattle. Accessed 28 December 2007.

External links

Official Asian Art Museum website

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See also: List of museums in Washington and Museums and galleries of Seattle

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