Seattle has a lot to offer to fans of visual art. Local museums feature paintings, sculpture, decorative art, Northwest Coast art, and fine crafts from around the world.
Spend an afternoon at this world-class art museum in downtown Seattle, near Pike Place Market. Over 100,000 square feet of new space has been added to the Museum, along with a new entrance at the corner of First Avenue and Union Street.
The Tacoma Art Museum moved to new facility in May 2003. Visitors will enjoy their extensive collection of Chihuly art glass as well as their works by Northwest artists. Three of the museum's galleries featuring special exhibitions.
Tacoma Regional Convention & Visitor BureauVisitors to Tacoma's Museum of Glass can watch artists at work in the hot shop amphitheater, located in the metal-clad cone. Museum exhibitions feature more than glass art. Contemporary paintings, sculpture, ceramics, and installations comprise the majority of the art on view in the museum's gallery.
The 9-acre Olympic Sculpture Park, a brand new Seattle attraction, allows visitors to experience sculpture in a public park setting, along with the chance to take in incredible views of the Olympic Mountains and Puget Sound. The Olympic Sculpture Park's main path zigzags down to the water of Elliott Bay, crossing over Elliott Avenue and the Burlington Northern railroad tracks. Art works and special commissions by artists Louise Bourgeois, Richard Serra, Alexander Calder, Teresita Fernandez, Roy McMakin, Mark Dion and other leading contemporary artists are scattered throughout the park.
This Seattle art museum exhibits the Frye collection of 19th- and 20th-century German, French and American paintings. Their special exhibits can include works in any format and from any era.
The Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park serves as the Seattle Art Museum's center for Asian art and activities. The Seattle Asian Art Museum is a lively international hub for Asian art and culture, exhibiting Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian art. The museum's holdings rank in the top 10 outside of Asia, and its Japanese collection is one of the top five in the United States.
The University of Washington's Henry Art Gallery features "contemporary culture, politics, aesthetics and the traditions of visual art and design of the last two centuries".
This art museum in downtown Bellevue features traveling exhibits, public art classes, and an innovative facility. This museum specializes in fine crafts and design work from around the world.
