Visit Seattle-Area Museums for Free!
Written by ParentMap staff
Filed under: Outings and activities Rainy day fun Family fun
Visit a local museum without paying a cent? You just have to know when to go! The advantage for families (beyond saving some cash): You don’t have to worry about getting your money’s worth out of your admission, and can just take off when the kids get antsy.
Daily
Frye Art Museum: Closed Mondays. 206-622-9250. Also, Small Frye storytime for kids the first Friday of the month. [FIRST HILL]
Olympic Sculpture Park: Dawn to dusk. 206-654-3100. [SEATTLE WATERFRONT]
Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. [PIONEER SQUARE]
Multiple days
Imagine Children’s Museum: Thursdays, 3-5 p.m., half-price admission; third Fridays, 5:30-9 p.m. 425-258-1006. [EVERETT]
Seattle Art Museum: First Thursdays, 10 a.m.–9 p.m.; second Fridays, 5-9 p.m. (ages 13-18 with ID). 206-654-3100. [DOWNTOWN SEATTLE]
Seattle Asian Art Museum: First Thursdays, 10 a.m.–9 p.m.; second Thursdays, 5-9 p.m.; first Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (family day). 206-654-3100. [VOLUNTEER PARK]
Wing Luke Asian Museum: First Thursdays, third Saturdays, 10 a.m.–8 p.m. 206-623-5124. [CHINATOWN/INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT]
Northwest African American Museum: First and second Thursdays, 11 a.m.–7 p.m. 206-518-6000. [CENTRAL DISTRICT]
White River Valley Museum: Wednesdays and fourth Sundays, noon-4 p.m. [AUBURN]
First Thursdays
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture: 10 a.m.–8 p.m. 206-543-5590. [UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON]
Henry Art Gallery: 11 a.m.–9 p.m. 206-543-2280. [UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON]
Museum of Flight: 5–9 p.m. 206-764-5720. [SEATTLE]
Kids Discovery Museum: 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. 206-855-4650 [BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, walking distance from the ferry landing]
Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI): 10 a.m.–8 p.m. 206-324-1126. [LAURELHURST]
Third Thursdays
KidsQuest Children’s Museum: 5-8 p.m. 425-637-8100. [BELLEVUE]
Museum of Glass: 5-8 p.m. 1-866-4MUSEUM. [TACOMA]
Washington State History Museum: 2-8 p.m. 253-272-9518. [TACOMA]
Tacoma Art Museum: 5-8 p.m. [TACOMA]
First Fridays
Bellevue Arts Museum: 11 a.m.-8 p.m. 425-519-0770. [BELLEVUE]
KidsQuest Children’s Museum is half off from 5-8 p.m. 425-637-8100. [BELLEVUE]
Children’s Museum of Tacoma: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. 253-627-6031. [TACOMA]
Hands On Children’s Museum: 5-9 p.m. 360-956-0818. [OLYMPIA]