and dance companies as well as with Seattle University faculty, the performance space is usable by a wide variety of visiting artists and resident companies. Both stage and seating are mobile and removable. The theater is equipped with lighting and sound technology operated from an elevated control booth. The exterior decor coordinates with the surrounding campus, while the lobby art gallery along 12th Avenue is another feature.
The site of the Lee Center is currently under consideration to be the home of the new Seattle University Museum of Art which was designed by architecture firm Olson Kundig. The plan to redevelop the building and remove the Lee Center has drawn backlash from faculty and students who have advocated for developing the new museum on the site while preserving the Lee Center as the highest quality performing arts education space on Seattle U's First Hill campus.
=== Lemieux Library ===
The Lemieux Library was founded in 1991. As of 2011 it contained 216,677 books and subscribed to 1,604 …