Seattle Asian Art Museum
The Seattle Asian Art Museum 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.Photo: Rootology, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours: Thursday—Sunday 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: art museum in Seattle, Washington
- Address: 1400 East Prospect Street, Seattle, WA 98112
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Volunteer Park and Lake View Cemetery.
Volunteer Park
Park
Photo: Richard E. Brooks, Public domain.
Volunteer Park is a 48.3-acre park in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States.
Lake View Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lake View Cemetery is a private cemetery located in Seattle, Washington, in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, just north of Volunteer Park. Known as "Seattle's Pioneer Cemetery," it is run by an independent, non-profit association. Lake View Cemetery is situated 1,400 feet north of Seattle Asian Art Museum.
St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral
Church
Photo: Vmenkov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Seattle, Washington, is the seat of the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia. St. Mark's was founded as a mission church of Trinity Parish Church. St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral is situated 1,900 feet west of Seattle Asian Art Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Capitol Hill and Capitol Hill-Central District.
Capitol Hill
Suburb
Photo: Dllu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Capitol Hill is a densely populated residential district and a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is immediately east of Downtown Seattle and north of First Hill.
Capitol Hill-Central District
Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Capitol Hill is Seattle's most densely populated neighborhood and the heart of the city's counterculture. Lying directly east of the downtown retail core, Capitol Hill is unofficially bounded to the east by 23rd Ave, to the west by Interstate 5, to the south by E Union St, and to the north by E Interlaken Blvd.
Eastlake
Neighborhood
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eastlake is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, so named because of its location on the eastern shore of Lake Union. Its main thoroughfare is Eastlake Avenue E, which runs from Howell Street at the northeast corner of Downtown north over the University Bridge to the University District, where it connects to Roosevelt Way N.E. and 11th Avenue N.E.
Seattle Asian Art Museum
- Categories: art museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: King County, Puget Sound, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
47.63028° or 47° 37′ 49″ northLongitude
-122.31418° or 122° 18′ 51″ westElevation
449 feet (137 metres)Operator
Seattle Art MuseumOpen location code
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7717052Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Russian—“Seattle Asian Art Museum” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “西雅图亚洲艺术博物馆”
- Chinese: “西雅圖亞洲藝術博物館”
- Czech: “SAAM”
- Czech: “Seattle Asian Art Museum”
- Czech: “Seattleské muzeum asijského umění”
- Dutch: “Seattle Asian Art Museum”
- Egyptian Arabic: “متحف سياتل للفنون الآسيويه”
- French: “Seattle Asian Art Museum”
- Greek: “Μουσείο Ασιατικής Τέχνης του Σιάτλ”
- Italian: “Seattle Asian Art Museum”
- Japanese: “シアトル・アジア美術館”
- Russian: “Музей азиатского искусства”
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