Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
SIGHTS
Capitol Hill
SEATTLE ASIAN ART MUSEUM
MUSEUM
(
www.seattleartmuseum.org
;
1400 E Prospect St; adult/child $7/5, 1st Thu & Sat of month free;
10am-5pm Wed-Sun, to 9pm Thu; ; 10)
In stately Volunteer Park, this outpost of
the Seattle Art Museum houses the extensive art collection of Dr Richard Fuller, who
donated this late-art-deco gallery (a fine example of Streamline Moderne architecture)
to the city in 1932.
Spread over one floor and beautifully presented in uncluttered, minimalist rooms, the
collection is notable for its Japanese hanging scrolls, some of which date from the
1300s and have been skilfully restored (the restoration process is detailed along with
the art). Also of interest are the Indian stone sculptures in the foyer and some remark-
ably intricate Chinese bronzes dating from around 1600 BC.
VOLUNTEER PARK CONSERVATORY
CONSERVATORY
( 206-684-4743; 1400 E Galer St; day pass adult/reduced $4/2; 10am-4pm Tue-Sun;
10)
The conservatory is a classic Victorian greenhouse built in 1912. Filled with palms,
cacti and tropical plants, it features five galleries representing different world environ-
ments. Check out the creepy corpse flower.
JIMI HENDRIX STATUE
MONUMENT
(1600 Broadway E; Pike-Pine)
Psychedelic guitar genius of the late 1960s and Seattle's
favorite son, Jimi Hendrix is captured sunk to his knees in eternal rock-star pose in this
bronze sculpture by local artist Daryl Smith, created in 1997 and located close to the in-
tersection of Broadway and E Pine St.
