Browse Exhibits (13 total)
Seattle Art Museum Annual Reports
This is a collection of digitized and born-digital annual reports and other financial and strategic documentation issued by the Seattle Art Museum from 1932 to the present. Together, the reports tell the story of the museum as it has grown from its modest inception to become the iconic cultural institution it is today.
Reports feature financial statistics, images of select acquisitions, and narratives about the museum's activities throughout the year. Navigate the exhibit to learn about the history of SAM, decade by decade, as told through the Annual Reports. Additional information about the history of the museum may be found on the "About SAM" page on SAM's website.
Seattle Fine Arts Society and the Art Institute of Seattle Publications
Before the inception of the Seattle Art Museum, local art enthusiasts and patrons created the Seattle Fine Arts Society (1906-1928), which was later briefly known as the Art Institute of Seattle (1929-1933). This is a collection of digitized publications from these two early art societies in Seattle from 1920 through the creation of Seattle Art Museum in 1933. The exhibition includes annual reports, brief bulletins, announcements, and event calendars. In these pages, we can see the early burgeoning Seattle art scene, and the exciting beginnings of the Seattle Art Museum as an entity.
William H. Lautz Antique Porcelains, the Seattle Ceramic Society, and the Seattle Art Museum
This collection provides access to original photographs and price lists from William H. Lautz Antique Porcelains of New York that were received by members of the Seattle Ceramic Society. The Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Ceramic Society, and William H. Lautz have historical connections that address the provenance of objects in the Porcelain Room at SAM, the collectors who helped shaped the Seattle Art Museum's European porcelain collection, and porcelain collecting in America in the mid 20th century.
Follow the links at the right to learn more about Lautz, the Seattle Ceramic Society, and some of the most prized porcelain objects in SAM's collection.