Seattle Museum Month, February 1-29, gives Seattle guests staying in considered one of our 70+ associate motels an unbeatable worth: 50% off admission at 27 museums, together with lots of Seattle’s hottest sights.
You’ll be able to go to as many museums as you want throughout your keep, and as much as 4 individuals staying within the lodge room are eligible to make use of the low cost, so it’s excellent for journeys with associates or household. You’ll discover your entire checklist of museums on seattlemuseummonth.com – however how to decide on? Let’s dive in and I’ll attempt to make some strategies in response to your pursuits.
At this time’s subject is: one-of-a-kind locations. This publish highlights distinctive experiences, to be discovered solely right here within the Seattle area.
Situated in Seattle’s Chinatown-Worldwide District, The Wing Luke Museum is a Nationwide Park Service affiliate and the primary Smithsonian affiliate within the Pacific Northwest. As the one pan-Asian Pacific American museum within the nation, it gives an genuine and distinctive perspective on the American story. Be Water, My Pal is a well-liked exhibition exploring the life, teachings and legacy of worldwide icon Bruce Lee, who had deep roots in Seattle. One other exhibit on view in February, Sound Examine!: The Music We Make permits you to uncover the function music has performed in Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander lives & communities.
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Close by you’re in for an additional deal with: Seattle has a pinball museum! The Seattle Pinball Museum gives about 50 playable video games from the Nineteen Sixties to the current. Your admission permits you limitless play, though please observe that youngsters should be 7 or older to play the video games and should be supervised by an grownup. One tip: this may be widespread and crowded, so my recommendation is to decide on a non–peak time on your go to if attainable, so you may benefit from the video games and possibly even speak with the homeowners, who’re passionate pinball followers.
Courtesy Seattle Pinball Museum
If you happen to haven’t crammed up on snacks on the Pinball Museum, you’re in luck since you’re proper within the Chinatown-Worldwide District, house to scrumptious dumplings and noodles to take a gas break out of your busy day of museum hopping.
Situated at Seattle Heart, the Invoice & Melinda Gates Basis Discovery Heart gives the chance to discover interactive exhibitions, international well being improvements, and highly effective tales of group. You may as well uncover methods to take motion on causes that you simply care about. Admission is all the time free.
Invoice & Melinda Gates Basis Discovery Heart Courtesy of Invoice & Melinda Gates Basis
A number of miles north, Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood drew important numbers of Scandinavian immigrants within the early 1900s, drawn by jobs in fishing and lumber mills, and this neighborhood nonetheless bears traces of their cultural traditions. So it’s the right place for the Nationwide Nordic Museum, an internationally acknowledged museum and cultural middle that collects and preserves the values, traditions, artwork, and spirit of the Nordic peoples. It’s the biggest museum in the US to honor the legacy of immigrants from the 5 Nordic nations, and the gorgeous new constructing, which opened in 2018, was acknowledged by Architectural Digest as one of many 15 most noteworthy museums opening on the planet that 12 months. As an additional bonus, the museum is house to Frankie Feetsplinters, considered one of 5 outsized recycled materials trolls within the NW Trolls Challenge. The trolls have been constructed and put in in late summer time of 2023 by internationally recognized artist Thomas Dambo, alongside along with his professional crew and tons of of group volunteers. Tip: If you happen to didn’t eat within the C-ID, this is able to be a great spot to have a lunch break on the museum’s Freya Café, or enterprise a pair blocks west for some traditional fish and chips on the Lockspot.
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For a completely totally different type of museum expertise, head south about 24 miles to the Pacific Bonsai Museum. Set in a forest of towering conifers, the outside museum connects individuals to nature by means of the dwelling artwork of bonsai. This distinctive place stewards greater than 150 bonsai and essentially the most numerous public assortment in North America with bushes from Canada, China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and the US. That includes 60 bushes at a time, this cultural gem gives up to date and conventional exhibitions, group excursions, and schooling.
Courtesy Pacific Bonsai Museum
Study extra about Seattle Museum Month at seattlemuseummonth.com and see my different posts for strategies for arts & tradition lovers, historical past & heritage buffs, and households. With greater than 25 taking part museums, we’ve received one thing for each curiosity. See you in February!
Banner Picture: Courtesy of The Wing Luke Museum
Concerning the Creator
Tracey Wickersham
Tracey Wickersham is the Senior Director of Cultural Tourism at Go to Seattle. A volunteer dj & host of a protracted working music program on KBCS 91.3 FM, she spent 6 years on the board of 4Culture, supporting arts, heritage, public artwork and historic preservation in King County. You will typically discover her on the Tractor Tavern having fun with nice bands, exploring one of many area’s stunning parks together with her spunky blue heeler combine, or in considered one of Seattle’s many dwell theater venues.
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