Bellevue Arts Museum closes its doors indefinitely

We’re just five days into September — the official start of the bustling “fall arts” season — and already the local arts world is buzzing with big news.

We’ll start with the bad: Yesterday, Bellevue Arts Museum announced that as of 5 p.m., it was closed until further notice. It is not clear when or whether that notice might arrive.

The museum raised the alarm back in February, with an emergency fundraising campaign intended to “Save BAM: Keep Bellevue Alive.” BAM raised more than $350,000 with the effort, exceeding its goal.

But as the press release stated, “Despite our best efforts to navigate financial instability, we have reached a point where we can no longer sustain our operations.”

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