Which Seattle art museums are worthy of your visit

Art lovers and those who have an eye for beauty always go to Seattle Washington to visit the city's art museums. Seattle is home to a number of art museums that features artists of different genres. You can find oil painters, sketch artists, sculptors, virtual artists and a lot more in the walls of its museums. If you wanted to have a piece of Seattle's creative art, here are some of the popular art museums that you can go to.

1. Seattle Art Museum

The Seattle Art Museum is also fondly referred to as SAM. It is one of the main attractions when you go to downtown Seattle. Here, you can find a number almost 25,000 art pieces of that would leave you in awe. It houses the "eagle" of Alexander Calder and "wake" of Richard Serra. You can find a number of sculptures that are very modern and impressive. Most of the artists featured in the gallery are Italian painters and modern sculptors. It also houses the one of the largest collection of 20th century paintings from Mark Tobey and Jacob Lawrence.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Art_Museum#Collection

http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/

2. Frey Art Museum

Located at the First Hill neighborhood, the Frey Art Museum is another place worth the visit in Seattle. It has paintings and sculptures from way back 19th century and it also houses modern art pieces. Some of the great artists that museum portrays are Eugene Isabey, Felix Ziem, Eugene Boudin, Franz von Lenbach and William-Adolphe Bouguereau.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frye_Art_Museum

http://fryemuseum.org/

Because of the popularity of museums in Seattle, you can find a number of near these art houses. To find the best hotels in Seattle, you can read Seattle hotel reviews that you can find online.