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Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

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Henry Art Gallery

Contemporary art museum on the University of Washington campus in Seattle, showing modern and contemporary art, photography, and costume and textiles.

Seattle, WA

About Henry Art Gallery

The Henry Art Gallery is the contemporary art museum of the University of Washington in Seattle. It is run by the Arts Division of the UW College of Arts and Sciences. The museum presents rotating exhibitions in contemporary art, photography and prints, and costume and textiles, along with public programs, and it hosts James Turrell's Skyspace, Light Reign, which is set to reopen with a public unveiling on November 14, 2026. Visitors can see its galleries on three levels, which are reached by elevator, and the museum is open Tuesday through Sunday with free admission.

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