*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 Wednesdays and Third Saturdays at Renton Historical Museum
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)
