Seattle Central Library children's center
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📚 Library · Seattle
1.5 hours · Free · No reservation needed
- 🚗About 25 min driveFrom Bellevue · Parking: Library garage about $7/hour (cheaper on Sundays); 5-minute walk from Pioneer Square light rail station
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Lots of shadeRain-OK · Handles heat
- ⏱️Typical visit: 1.5 hoursBest seasons: Spring · Summer · Fall · Winter
The glass diamond building by Rem Koolhaas is worth seeing on its own; the first-floor children's center has a toddler area, a story room, and lots of multilingual picture books, and riding the escalators up through the red floor is a kid favorite.
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