Seattle Museums

Seattle WA Museums - There are many choices to choose from when you feel like visiting an interesting or exciting display of what the city has to offer. Because you cannot view every museum during your stay, you have to be careful in pinpointing the ones that are right for you to avoid wasting your precious time. You could spend the day at the Seattle Art Museum and view art by Andy Warhol or maybe you’d like to visit the Seattle Asian Art Museum and collections of Chinese, Japanese and Himalayan art. Museum hours vary in Seattle, but most are open from 10 to 5 Tuesday through Saturday, with shorter hours on Sunday.

Seattle Art Museum
100 University St
Phone: 206 654 3255
Hours: 10am-5pm Tue-Wed, Fri-Sun; 10am-9pm Thu
Enjoy the excellent collection of Asian, African and Native American art, as well as its fine collection of modern art produced by Pacific Northwest artists. 21,000 pieces await to please you at this attraction, centrally located in the downtown area.

Museum of Flight
9404 East Marginal Way South
Phone: 206 764 5720
Hours: 10am-5pm daily; 10am-9pm Thu
Explore the history of flight from the Wright Brothers to space travel when you make your way to this museum. Collections include examples of commercial, military and civilian craft. Some of the exhibits include a 1929 Boeing 80A-1 (the sole survivor of its type), a 1926 Swallow that was used as the nation's first contracted airmail service and a M-21 Blackbird, considered the fastest and highest-flying aircraft ever built

Museum of History and Industry
2700 24th Ave East
Phone: 206 324 1126
Hours: 10am-5pm daily
Come and learn about the history of Seattle and the Pacific Northwest with this museum. The story of the city unfolds with exhibits from the 1800s to the present. Some exhibits include Boomtown Seattle during the Klondike Gold Rush, A Change of Worlds, the vanishing race of the Puget Sound Indian peoples and examples of late 19th- and early 20th-century quilts.

Glass Eye Gallery
1902 Post Alley
Phone: 877 623 7840
Hours: 9:30am-5:30pm Mon-Sat; 11am-4pm Sun
Artists fashion the glass produced by volcanic eruptions and the pieces are then put on display. This gallery, run by Rob Adamson and Dale Leman, features the work of this relatively unknown craft. You will be able to take a peak at a huge variety of Christmas ornaments, plates and vases- many available for purchase at reasonable prices.

Bryan Ohno Gallery
155 South Main St
Phone: 206 667 9572
Hours: 11am-5pm Tue-Sat
Located in the Pioneer Square gallery district, this gallery provides a space for contemporary local sculptors, printmakers, painters and glass artists to show their work. The gallery also sells books on the art on display and other related topics.

Washington Serpentarium
119 West US Highway 2
Phone: 360 793 2000
Hours: 10am-6pm daily
Whoever thought there was such a thing as a white alligator ? This attraction is home to a slew of fascinating creepy-crawlies, including boa constrictors, turtles, frogs, spiders and lizards. A great place to entertain the kiddies.