Science Fair Project Encyclopedia Seattle Art Museum The Seattle
Art Museum opened on June 23, 1933 in an Art Deco building in
Volunteer Park, given to the city by Richard E. Fuller,
president of the Art Institute of Seattle, and his mother,
Margaret MacTavish Fuller. The museum's main collection moved to
its present location in December 1991, at which time the old
building was renamed the Seattle Asian Art Museum. Currently,
the Seattle Art Museum is in the process of expanding it's 1991
location in a joint effort with Washington Mutual. To do this,
the museum plans to close their current location starting in
February 2006. The new, expanded building is expected to
(re)open in the spring of 2007. Also being constructed is the
new Olympic Sculpture Park on the Seattle Waterfront. This new
venture is expected to open in Spring 2006. The contents of this
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