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"At 10 am Saturday the doors open. They remain open for 35 hours straight, until 9 pm Sunday."
What, seriously? We can go at 2am on Sunday morning if we want? That would be cool for us night owls.
I am wildly jealous.
Love the porcelain room! Thanks for the slideshow, didn't see it last time. Will have to go check out the Hesse, couldn't find any web images. Her lifespan on Wiki harks to Van Gogh, despite being relatively sane and well-off, married and with some acknowledgements during her time. Gosh, I was smoking doobies less than 1km from his dedicated museum in Amsterdam. Fool I was not to take in the Voluminous masterworks by a man who was profoundly ignored. Any sunflowers perchance at SAM?
Are there any ticket requirements in order to enter this first weekend? I thought I remember something about having a ticket to get in for the first couple of days. A quick look at SAM's site doesn't say anything about it.
Yes, you can go Sunday morning at 2 am, and what's needed for this weekend are timed tickets. (Call 654-3100 for details.)
FYI ...no tickets are required for entry to SAM between 12 am & 8 am...
that's helpful...right?
Great! Now they just need to:
1) Get a halfway-decent acquisition budget.
2) Realize that there is a difference between an art museum and a natural history museum.
3) Hire a curator who can use this knowledge and money effectively.
Why is it that the Henry manages to be approximately 1000% more interesting and relevant than the SAM, with only a fraction of the (original SAM) exhibit space?
As with the SPL before it, Seattle is trying to solve the problem of a half-assed institution by building it nicer buildings....
Thanks for the ticket heads up. And yes it is helpful to know that a ticket isn't needed between 12 and 8.
Thanks!
How's the Australian room?
Australian room has a couple of nice choices, curatorially speaking (video on floor is one of them), but it's in the old building, so not terribly different. At least it's in a contained space now and not a hallway, so that's nice.
A Nony Mouse: Museums change over time. Your opinion sounds familiar, but circa 2002. I say give them all a chance once they're all set next to each other. All of Seattle's art museums have bumped themselves up with building projects, and for all of them, what goes on curatorially has been more important than any architecture. That said, I have never before been in a museum building I liked less than SAM's Venturi building. The new building is hardly a vanity move, more like the arrival of an ambulance.
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