Seattle Asian Art Museum
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Name (Latin)
Seattle Asian Art Museum
Other forms of name
Asian Art Museum (Seattle, Wash. : 1994-2014)
SAAM (Seattle Asian Art Museum)
Seattle Art Museum. Asian Art Museum
Seattle Art Museum. Seattle Asian Art Museum
Coordinates
-122.314 -122.314 47.6303 47.6303 (gooearth )
Type of corporate body
Museums
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Art, Asian--Exhibitions
Associated Language
eng
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Email from Dorothy Stimson Bullitt Library, Seattle Art Museum, April 22, 2014(The name changed to Asian Art Museum with our recent rebranding effort that we are currently rolling out. We just launched our new website which is the first place to publicly use the new name. As far as SAM is concerned, it's the new "official" name)
- Asian Art Museum (Asian Art Museum, Volunteer Park, 1400 East Prospect Street, Seattle, WA 98112) About SAM (The Asian Art Museum resides in our original 1933 Art Deco building in the Olmstead-designed Volunteer Park in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle. Our renowned collection of Asian art has grown from its foundations of Chinese and Japanese art, and now includes works from India, Korea, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, the Philippines, and Vietnam. ... The building was renovated from 1991 to 1994 and renamed the Asian Art Museum. ( (Seattle Art Museum website, April 18, 2014:) )
- Seattle museums WWW site, Apr. 8, 1999(Seattle Asian Art Museum; formerly Seattle Art Museum's Asian art collection; opened as the Asian Art Museum in 1994; located at 1400 East Prospect St., Seattle, Wash.)
- What's happening at SAM and SAAM, fall 1999:t.p. (Seattle Asian Art Museum)
- Wikipedia, April 18, 2014(The Seattle Asian Art Museum is a museum of Asian art located inside Volunteer Park in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle. Part of the Seattle Art Museum, SAAM occupies the 1933 Art Moderne building 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, at which time the Seattle Asian Art Museum was created; 47.6303°N 122.3143°W)
- Visiting Seattle / Virtual Tours / Museums and Galleries / Seattle Asian Art Museum (Located in Capitol Hill's Volunteer Park, the Seattle Asian Art Museum's historic art-moderne building houses a world-renowned collection of Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Indian, Southeast Asian, and Himalayan art. The Seattle Asian Art Museum is part of the Seattle Art Museum; Volunteer Park, 1400 East Prospect Street, Seattle, WA 98112-3303; [email protected] ( (seattle.gov website, April 18, 2014:) )
- Modern masters of Kyoto, 1999:CIP galley (Seattle Asian Art Museum)
- Seattle museums WWW site, Apr. 8, 1999:(Seattle Asian Art Museum; formerly Seattle Art Museum's Asian art collection; opened as the Asian Art Museum in 1994; located at 1400 East Prospect St., Seattle, Wash.)
- What's happening at SAM and SAAM, Fall 1999:t.p. (Seattle Asian Art Museum)
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Seattle Asian Art Museum
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Wikipedia description:
The Seattle Asian Art Museum (often abbreviated to SAAM) is a museum of Asian art at Volunteer Park in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States. Part of the Seattle Art Museum, the SAAM exhibits historic and contemporary artworks from China, Korea, Japan, India, the Himalayas, and other Southeast Asian countries. It also features an education center, conservation center, and library. The museum is located in the 1933 Art Deco building 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 the downtown area. The Seattle Asian Art Museum opened in 1994.
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