Free Seattle Museum Visits Each Month!

There are so many museums in Seattle that offer free admission on various days of the week of each month, or always! I hope everyone enjoys! The most number of museums free are on the first Thursdays of every month! :)

Free Admission Days for Museums* locations are downtown unless otherwise specified

Free on FIRST THURSDAYS of every month (times listed are for Thursday only)

Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture (University District, always free for UW students): 10am-8pm, http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/

Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame: 5pm-8pm, http://www.empsfm.org/

Henry Art Gallery (University District, always free for UW students): 11am-8 pm, http://www.henryart.org/

Museum of Flight (south of downtown): 10am – 9pm, http://www.museumofflight.org/

Museum of History & Industry (Montlake): 10 am-8 pm, http://www.seattlehistory.org/

Northwest African American Museum (Central District): 11am-7pm, http://www.naamnw.org/

Seattle Art Museum: 10 am-9 pm, http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/

Seattle Asian Art Museum: 10 am-9 pm, http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/visit/visitSAAM.asp

Wing Luke Asian Museum (International District): 11am -8pm, http://wingluke.org/home.htm

Free on THIRD THURSDAYs of each month

Museum of Glass (Tacoma): 5pm-8pm, http://www.museumofglass.org/

Tacoma Art Museum (Tacoma): 10am-8pm, http://www.tacomaartmuseum.org/

Washington State History Museum (Tacoma): 2pm-8pm, http://www.wshs.org/

Free Fridays-First 3 are "First Fridays", last one is every Friday

Bellevue Arts Museum (Bellevue): First Fridays,11am-8pm, http://www.bellevuearts.org/

Children’s Museum of Tacoma (Tacoma): First Fridays, 10am-7pm, http://www.childrensmuseumoftacoma.org/home

Hands On Children’s Museum (Olympia): First Fridays, 5–9 pm, http://www.hocm.org/

KidsQuest Children’s Museum (Bellevue): Fridays, 5–8 pm, http://www.kidsquestmuseum.org/

Always Free!

Bellevue Botanical Garden (Bellevue): Dawn to Dusk, http://www.bellevuebotanical.org/

(For UW students) Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture (University District): 10am-5pm, http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/

Center for Wooden Boats (Lake Union): Free Boat Rides on Lake Union every Sunday afternoon, Museum is free always: Sept. 29th - May 1st: 10am - 5pm Tuesday-Sunday, May 2nd - Sep. 28th: 10am - 8pm Daily, http://www.cwb.org/south-lake-union

Frye Art Museum (First Hill): Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat 10-5 pm, Thursday 10-8 pm, Sunday 12-5 pm, Monday closed, http://fryemuseum.org/

(For UW students) Henry Art Gallery (University District): 11am-5pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 11am-8:00 pm Thursday, closed Mondays, http://henryart.org/

Klondike Gold Rush National: Present Operating Hours: (March 9, 2009 - January 2, 2010), Monday through Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday and Sunday 9am-5pm, http://www.nps.gov/klse/

Olympic Sculpture Park: 30 minutes prior to sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset, http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/visit/osp/

Shoreline Historical Museum (Shoreline): Free crafts on fourth Saturdays, 11am-3pm, Tuesday-Saturday 10am-4pm, http://www.shorelinehistoricalmuseum.org/index.html

Seattle Symphony Campus Club-Free Student Discounts!

If you're into classical or instrumental music or going to the Seattle Symphony for a nice evening, I highly recommend getting a free membership into the Seattle Symphony's Campus Club. It's completely free for students and you can get discounted tickets on the evening of the performance for $10 (best seats they have available). Also, after your 4th concert, your 5th one is free! They will email you during the week regarding any concerts in which the $10 tickets apply, and sometimes, the tickets are buy one, get one, or free so you get an evening of lovely music for as low as $5, or even free!

I've gone before and we had some of the best seats in the house. You just need to mail (or fax) in a form from the following website. You don't have to be a student from Washington state so if you have friends with student IDs elsewhere, it still qualifies.

(For the application form) http://www.seattlesymphony.org/_dwn/campus_club_application.pdf

(For more details about the Campus Club or see below) http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/campus.aspx

Inspiration behind blog

I was inspired to create this blog after the suggestion of my friend Sara while dining at University Teriyaki (best teriyaki place in the U-District). I'm currently a graduate student at the Evans School of Public Affairs and Environmental Health at University of Washington. I'm very involved in student government at the Evans School. Whenever I come across a really neat arts, cultural, or food events in Seattle, especially those with student discounts, I mass email our Student Listserve. This blog will allow me to move away from mass-emailing our entire graduate program (pretty large for a graduate program!).

This blog will be a great resource for anyone interested in interesting arts, cultural, and food events in Seattle, especially those on a student budget or looking for discounts! :)

Best,
Angel