Museums

Metaphor into Form: Art in the Era of the Pilchuck Glass School

Tacoma Art Museum
4/16/2021 through 1/1/2121

Founded in 1971, the Pilchuck Glass School, co-founded by Tacoma native Dale Chihuly, emerged as a world-renowned center …

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Nina Katchadourian: Origin Stories

National Nordic Museum
6/21/2025 through 10/26/2025

In Origin Stories, acclaimed multidisciplinary artist Nina Katchadourian exhibits five projects about family history, traditions, games, and mythologies …

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Nirvana: Taking Punk To the Masses

MoPOP Museum of Pop Culture
3/16/2018 through 1/1/2121

The exhibition features instruments like Kurt Cobain’s Fender Stratocaster, Krist Novoselic’s Hiwatt DR103 bass amplifier head, and Dave …

Nordic Journeys

National Nordic Museum
5/1/2019 through 1/1/2121

Nordic Journeys expands the Museum’s classic immigration story to include a broader understanding of Nordic life and culture …

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Northwest Native Art

Burke Museum
10/12/2019 through 1/1/2121

What is your artistic heritage? Six Pacific Northwest Native artists from across the region answered this question in …

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Our Material World

Burke Museum
10/12/2019 through 1/1/2121

From the food we put in our bodies to the furniture we put in our homes, human life …

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Porcelain Room

Seattle Art Museum
10/2/2020 through 1/1/2121

Vast quantities of translucent, elegantly decorated white-bodied porcelain from China and Japan, arriving in Europe in the seventeenth …

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Priscilla Dobler Dzul: Water Carries the Stories of Our Stars

Frye Art Museum
10/18/2025 through 4/19/2026

This exhibition brings together an entirely new body of sculpture, textile, and video work to chart urgent stories …

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REMEMBRANCE: The Legacy of Executive Order 9066 in Washington State

Washington State History Museum
12/1/2021 through 1/1/2121

This new long-term gallery explores the intergenerational impacts and legacy of the incarceration of people of Japanese descent …

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Scared to Death: The Thrill of Horror Film

MoPOP Museum of Pop Culture
9/27/2017 through 1/1/2121

Scared to Death: The Thrill of Horror Film features more than 50 props and costumes from film and …

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Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame

MoPOP Museum of Pop Culture
6/13/2018 through 1/1/2121

Explore the lives and legacies of the genre’s greatest in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

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Tariqa Waters: Venus is Missing

Seattle Art Museum
5/7/2025 through 1/4/2026

Seattle-based artist Tariqa Waters’s practice encompasses mixed-media tableaus, sculpture, photographs, film, and immersive installations that push the aesthetics …

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