Many museums in the Seattle area have free days for the public. Here's a comprehensive list of the museums and their scheduled free days.
*When I say 1st Thursday, it means the 1st Thursday of every month, etc.
Bellevue Art Museum—1st Friday
Burke Museum—1st Thursday
Children's Museum of Tacoma—1st Friday
Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum (EMPSFM)—1st Thursday 5-8pm
Frye Art Museum—Always free, but they do accept donations
Hands On Children's Museum (Olympia)—1st Friday
Henry Art Gallery—Thursdays
Imagine Children's Museum (Everett)—No free day, but Thursdays from 3:30-5:30pm are 1/2 off.
Kids Discovery (Bainbridge)—1st Thursday
KidsQuest (Bellevue)—Fridays 5-8pm
Klondike Gold Rush National Park—Always free.
Museum of Flight—1st Thursday
Museum of Glass (Tacoma)—3rd Thursday 5-8pm
Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI)—1st Thursday
Northwest African American Museum (NWAAM)—1st Thursday
Pacific Science Center—The PSC does not have free days listed on their website.
Seattle Art Museum (SAM)—1st Thursday, 1st Friday (for seniors), 2nd Friday 5-9pm (for teens)
Seattle Asian Art Museum (SAAM)—1st Thursday, 1st Saturday, 1st Friday (for seniors)
Seattle Children's Museum—The SCM does not have free days listed on their website.
Shoreline Historical Museum—4th Saturday 11am-3pm (creating projects)
Tacoma Art Museum—3rd Thursday 10am-8pm
Washington State History Museum (Tacoma)—Thursday evenings
Wing Luke Museum—1st Thursday, 3rd Saturday
If you are unable to go on the museum's free day, or the museum you would like to go to doesn't have a free day, keep in mind that many times a museum's membership packages are cheaper or close to the same price as paying for admission. Also, check your local Entertainment Book for special deals.
2 comments:
Admission to The Seattle Art Museum and the Seattle Asian Art Museum is always a SUGGESTED donation:)
Thanks for putting this together! Very helpful!
To second the 1st commenter, I think that, as in NYC where I'm from, people who are kept away from museums by the high price of admission should just prepare to ignore the evil looks from the cashiers and pay what they can. In New York, NO ONE gives you evil looks because they take the word "suggested" seriously. And you can spend hours at *truly* great museums like the Met or the Natural History Museum. Not here. But that's so wrong! So go and enjoy!
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