Free and Discounted Admission to Nearby Museums

*Always check the appropriate website before you go to find more information about the museum, hours, discounts, location, etc.

Always Free:

Bainbridge Island Museum of Art - Bainbridge Island

Bug Museum - Bremerton

Center for Wooden Boats - South Lake Union

Center on Contemporary Art - Pioneer Square

Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center - South Seattle

Frye Art Museum - First Hill

Kent Historical Museum - Kent

Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park - Pioneer Square

Microsoft Visitor Center - Redmond

Naval Undersea Museum - Keyport

NW Railway Museum - Snoqualmie

Olympic Sculpture Park - Waterfront

Pacific Bonsai Museum - Federal Way

Puget Sound Navy Museum - Bremerton

Washington Park Arboretum - Madison

Applicable Discounts:

Seattle Children’s Museum - Seattle Center

• Donation Only Hour: The last hour of every weekday (4-5pm)
• WA EBT or Food Stamps Card - Show your card at the box office and receive $1 per person daily admission for the card holder, your partner, and your dependent children
• WA DSHS Services Cards: Show your Services Card to receive free daily admission for the individual who is named on the card

Pay What You Wish

• Children’s Museum of Tacoma - Tacoma

• Job Carr Cabin Museum - Tacoma
• Log House Museum - West Seattle

Free Library Museum Passes

• King County Library allows patrons to print free passes from its website. Passes are available for Bellevue Arts Museum, KidsQuest Children’s Museum, and Washington State History Museum. Search Classes & Programs using the keyword “museum” to find available museum passes and dates. Or visit the Free Seattle Museum Pass page on the Seattle Public Library website.
• Bellevue Arts Museum
• KidsQuest Children’s Museum
• Log House Museum
• MoPOP
• SAM
• Seattle Aquarium
• WA State History Museum
• Wing Luke Museum
• More!
• Pierce County Library offers free passes that patrons can check out - 1 pass per museum for 3 weeks. You can check out passes to 3 different museums.
• Museum of Glass
• Tacoma Art Museum
• WA State History Museum

Free First Thursdays of Every Month

• Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture - University District
• Bainbridge Island Historical Museum - Bainbridge Island
• Henry Art Gallery - University District
• Kids Discovery Museum - Bainbridge Island
• Living Computer Museum - SODO
• Museum of Flight - South Seattle at Boeing Field / King County Airport
• Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) - South Lake Union
• Nordic Heritage Museum - Ballard
• NW African American Museum (NAAM) - Central District
• Seattle Art Museum (SAM) - Downtown
• Free first & second Thursdays
• NW Seaport - Lake Union Park
• Seattle Asian Art Museum (SAAM) - Capitol Hill (CLOSED UNTIL 2019)
• Wing Luke Asian Museum - International District

Third Thursdays of Every Month

• KidsQuest Museum - South Bellevue - $1
• Tacoma Art Museum (TAM) - Tacoma - Free!
• Tacoma Museum of Glass - Tacoma - Free!
• WA State History Museum - Tacoma - Free!

Free first Fridays at Bellevue Arts Museum and Kitsap History Museum (Bremerton)

Free first Thursdays & Saturdays at Volunteer Park Conservatory - Capitol Hill

Free third Fridays from 5:30-9pm at Imagine Children’s Museum - Everett

Free first Wednesdays and Third Saturdays at Renton Historical Museum

Free first Thursdays and Sundays at White River Valley Museum - Auburn

Blue Star Museums (Free Admission for active duty, National Guard and Reserve Military personnel and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day)

• Bainbridge Island Historical Museum (Bainbridge Island)
• Kids Discovery Museum (Bainbridge Island)
• KidsQuest Children’s Museum (Bellevue)
• Kitsap History Museum (Bremerton)
• Harbor History Museum (Gig Harbor)
• Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture (Seattle)
• Henry Art Gallery (Seattle)
• Museum of Flight (Seattle)
• Northwest African American Museum (Seattle)
• Wing Luke Museum (Seattle)
• Buffalo Soldiers Museum (Tacoma)
• Foss Waterway Seaport (Tacoma)
• Museum of Glass (Tacoma)
• Tacoma Art Museum (Tacoma)
• Washington State History Museum (Tacoma)