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Seattle Art Museum will now allow photography within the collection

by Eric Franklin on March 17, 2010

Just in time for Tracy Boyd’s guided tour on Friday (see my invitation to TPN fans here), The Seattle Art Museum (SAM) has just announced that they will now allow photographs to be taken from within the main collection halls -something which has always been a strict no-no (just ask my fiancee Jan how sneaky she had to be during the SAM Remix).

There a few caveats (called out in the updated FAQ) that will need to be honored under the new policy:

  • Traveling special exhibits will generally not be allowed for photographs
  • No flash
  • No tripod
  • No movie or video cameras

I think this is a great move by SAM to keep pace with the times and I look forward to taking advantage of the policy when I am over there this Friday evening for Tracy’s tour.

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