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by Jasmyne Keimig • May 28, 2021 at 10:50 am
Get ready for the best first date museum to reopen. Courtesy of the SAM and Tim GriffithToday, the Seattle Asian Art Museum finally re-reopens to the public, giving Seattleites a chance to look at the refurbished Asian Art Museum several years in the making. Sponsored Free consultation, nothing out of pocket if we take your case. Call 888-320-7936 or click for info
The museum located in Volunteer Park previously closed for three years while undergoing an extensive $56 million remodeling of its historic, Carl F. Gould-designed building. When it reopened to the public in February 2020, the Asian Art Museum almost immediately closed again because of the pandemic.
Long Beach, CA (PRWEB) May 28, 2021 The Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum (PIEAM) and Pasifika Transmissions proudly announces Mariquita “Micki” Davis as
This week, we re revisiting the Seattle Asian Art Museum, honoring saints at Saint Bread, and celebrating the Marshall Law Band and Tres Leches in-person. Check out all our top recommendations for this week below. Photos courtesy of The Stranger (Anthony Keo), Saint Bread, and Marshall Law Band (James Gerde)
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A low tide in West Seattle. Getty Images
This week, and at certain times of the day, the tides will be exceptionally low for our few and usually not spectacular beaches. And why should this be of interest to you? For one, low tides (by nearly 4 feet on Friday at 12:58 pm) expose the strange-looking creatures whose niche is that area where life transitioned from the sea to land millions of years ago. Beaches at low tides are holy places, in the evolutionary rather than religious sense. But Darwin is not the only Englishman to consider during a very low tide. There is also Isaac Newton. He provided the world with the first comprehensive theor
Seattle Asian Art Museum set to reopen to public after 3-year renovation
The Seattle Asian Art Museum. (Rootology, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
As Seattle slowly starts to open up as COVID-19 cases decline and vaccinations increase, places like the Seattle Art Museum have started to reopen their exhibits, and that includes the Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park.
The Seattle Asian Art Museum has undergone a transformation after being closed for three years.
“We’re very, very excited that we’re going to be reopening the Seattle Asian Art Museum,” said Amada Cruz, director and CEO of the Seattle Art Museum. “So for those of you who have never been there, you’re in for a treat because the Asian Art Museum is an historic building from 1933, it’s a sort of quintessential art deco gem in the middle of this beautiful park.”