Seattle Museum Month, February 1-28, affords Seattle guests staying in one in all our 50+ associate accommodations an unbeatable worth: 50% off admission at greater than 25 museums, together with a lot of Seattle’s hottest points of interest.
You’ll be able to go to as many museums as you want throughout your keep, and as much as 4 folks staying within the resort room are eligible to make use of the low cost, so it’s good for journeys with buddies or household. You’ll discover the complete listing of museums on seattlemuseummonth.com – however how to decide on? Let’s dive in and I’ll attempt to make some solutions in response to your pursuits.
In the present day’s matter is: one-of-a-kind locations. This submit highlights distinctive experiences, to be discovered solely right here within the Seattle area.
Positioned in Seattle’s Chinatown-Worldwide District, The Wing, or extra formally, the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Expertise, is a Nationwide Park Service affiliate and the primary Smithsonian affiliate within the Pacific Northwest. As the one pan-Asian museum within the nation, it affords an genuine and distinctive perspective on the American story. Be Water, My Buddy is a well-liked exhibition exploring the life, teachings and legacy of worldwide icon Bruce Lee, who had deep roots in Seattle.
Wing Luke Museum Sundberg Kennedy Ly-Au Younger Architects
Close by you’re in for an additional deal with: Seattle has a pinball museum! The Seattle Pinball Museum affords about 50 playable video games from the Nineteen Sixties to the current. Your admission permits you limitless play, though please notice that children should be 7 or older to play the video games and should be supervised by an grownup. One tip: this may be well-liked and crowded, so my recommendation is to decide on a non–peak time in your go to if attainable, so you possibly can benefit from the video games and possibly even speak with the homeowners, who’re passionate pinball followers.
Courtesy Seattle Pinball Museum
In the event you haven’t stuffed 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 gasoline break out of your busy day of museum hopping.
Positioned at Seattle Heart, the Invoice & Melinda Gates Basis Discovery Heart affords the chance to discover interactive exhibitions, world well being improvements, and highly effective tales of neighborhood. You may also uncover methods to take motion on causes that you just 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 proper 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 america to honor the legacy of immigrants from the 5 Nordic international locations, and the beautiful new constructing, which opened in 2018, was acknowledged by Architectural Digest as one of many 15 most noteworthy museums opening on this planet that 12 months. Tip: In the event you didn’t eat within the C-ID, this may 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 form of museum expertise, head south about 24 miles to the Pacific Bonsai Museum. Set in a forest of towering conifers, the out of doors museum connects folks to nature by way of the residing artwork of bonsai. This distinctive place stewards greater than 150 bonsai and essentially the most various public assortment in North America with bushes from Canada, China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and america. That includes 60 bushes at a time, this cultural gem affords modern and conventional exhibitions, group excursions, and training.
Courtesy Pacific Bonsai Museum
Be taught extra about Seattle Museum Month at seattlemuseummonth.com and see my different posts for solutions for arts & tradition lovers, historical past & heritage buffs, and households. With greater than 25 taking part museums, we’ve obtained one thing for each curiosity. See you in February!
Banner Picture: The Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Expertise
Concerning the Writer
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 may typically discover her on the Tractor Tavern having fun with nice bands, exploring one of many area’s stunning parks, or in one in all Seattle’s many stay theater venues.
