Looking for a family outing that blends fun with learning? A visit to Seattle Children’s Museum offers a perfect mix of hands-on exploration, engaging exhibits, and memorable moments for all ages.
What’s inside Seattle Children’s Museum?
Enjoy 18,000 sq. ft. of open-ended, immersive exhibit space, inviting visitors to embark on a play-based journey from mountain to sound.
What do parents love about Seattle Children’s Museum?
Your admission includes re-entry, allowing you to explore nearby attractions including the neighboring Artists at Play Playground and return to the Museum for more play at your convenience. We offer sensory kits, a nursing room, birthday parties, field trips, and refreshed and retouched exhibits to keep your child engaged in exploration and discovery.
What do kids love about Seattle Children’s Museum?
Kids can explore cause and effect in STEAM-based exhibits, experiment and create in our Silly Science and Creative Corner free daily programs, discover seasonal and topical exhibit enhancements to make each visit unique and exciting and learn through play alongside their caregivers.
When you go to the Seattle Children’s Museum
Heading to the museum soon? Take our Museums are for Kids guide along and follow the scavenger hunt. Use the clues and description to help your kids find these destinations and make it a special visit.
Free Programming
Engineer, create, hypothesize, and experiment in our free daily programs, Creative Corner and Silly Science, always themed and curated around our monthly educational focus.
Discovery Dock
Our newest exhibit expansion geared towards toddlers under 18 months invites your littlest ones to explore and develop their senses with busy boards and engaging interactives.
Add to The Gallery
What will you create with mixed media, recycled materials, paintbrushes, and cardboard tools? Display your creation in the Corner Workshop for all to admire!
Visit on a Sunny Day
Enjoy the sunshine from Seattle Center by combining stops at International Fountain and Artists at Play Playground with your next Museum playdate!
Enter an Imagination Playground
With a whole space designated to blue block building, there’s no limit to what kind of playscape you’ll create! How will you engineer your playdate?
The Details
- Location: 305 Harrison St., Seattle Center Armory
- Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Monday (9 a.m. member hour); hours expand seasonally
- Admission: $15 general admission; free for infants under 1; King County residents get $2 off on Wednesdays
- Extras: Summer camps, seasonal events like Fall Fest and a Noon Year’s Eve Pajama Party, and plenty of family food options in the Armory upstairs
- Seattle Children’s Museum offers summer day camps
- SCM also offers programming for homeschoolers
- Snacks and beverages are sold in the Museum Store
