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Art
Seattle Art Museum
Seattle, Washington
About
The Seattle Art Museum (SAM) is the Pacific Northwest's premier art museum, with a collection of approximately 25,000 works spanning global art history. Its collection is particularly strong in Northwest Coast Native American art — one of the finest such collections in the country — as well as African art, modern and contemporary art, and European Old Masters. Jonathan Borofsky's Hammering Man sculpture greets visitors outside the downtown entrance.
Highlights & Things Not to Miss
Northwest Native Art
One of the finest collections of Pacific Northwest Indigenous art
Hammering Man
Jonathan Borofsky's iconic 48-foot kinetic sculpture at the entrance
Modern and Contemporary
Major works by significant international artists of the past century