Pacific Science Center
Photo: Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
🎨 Museum · Seattle
3 hours · $$$ · No reservation needed
- 🚗About 25 min driveFrom Bellevue · Parking: Seattle Center garage about $15-25/day
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Lots of shadeRain-OK · Handles heat
- ⏱️Typical visit: 3 hoursBest seasons: Winter · Fall · Spring · Summer
Under the white arches from the 1962 World's Fair, butterflies land on kids' heads in the tropical butterfly house, and the animatronic dinosaurs, insect exhibit, and tide pool are hits with little ones; big kids get the planetarium and IMAX.
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