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A quick visual tour · Occidental Fine Arts Center

See the exhibition, room by room.

Twelve real photographs of the installed exhibition: radios, film projectors, mechanical marvels, paintings, and the objects of everyday Seattle.

Free public exhibition in Pioneer Square. Wednesday through Sunday, 12 to 6. Guided walk-throughs start throughout the day.

Room views Radios & sound Film projectors Mechanical marvels Everyday Seattle Paintings & portraits

Room views

01

Brick archway framing the main Beautiful Things gallery room, with paintings, display cases, and historic objects beyond.

Long view across the Beautiful Things gallery with paintings, display cases, machines, and glowing jukeboxes.

Open gallery view with suspended phonograph horns, domestic objects, portraits, and mechanical devices.

Panoramic sweep of the full Beautiful Things exhibition floor at the Occidental Fine Arts Center.

Radios & sound

02

A dense display of dozens of vintage radios arranged below colorful soda signs, with jukeboxes behind them.

Several antique gramophones beneath a row of large suspended phonograph horns, with framed art and a portrait nearby.

Film projectors

03

Wide gallery view with early film projectors and reels at right, paintings on the brick wall, and display cases across the room.

Mechanical marvels

04

Vintage slot machines and coin-operated amusements displayed beneath a large historic American flag.

A decorated Molinari mechanical band organ on wheels beside an iron safe, with domestic tools and framed art behind.

Everyday Seattle

05

Historic general-store glass counter filled with tins, packages, toys, and household goods, with portraits behind.

Gallery corner containing an ornate clock, safes, cookware, sewing tools, cabinets, and a framed mother-and-child painting.

Paintings & portraits

06

Gold-framed portrait beside an ornate tall-case clock, display cabinets, and a glass-topped case.

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Beautiful Things Photo Tour | Occidental Fine Arts Center