List of museums in Seattle

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This list of museums in Seattle, Washington contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included. Also included are non-profit and university art galleries.

See also: List of museums in Washington

Museums

Name	Neighborhood	Type	Summary
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Visitor Center	Lower Queen Anne	History	website, innovations and inventions around the world to make life better
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture	University District	Natural history	Part of the University of Washington, includes fossils, natural history dioramas, Native American artifacts, Pacific Rim cultures exhibit, gems and minerals
Center for Wooden Boats	South Lake Union	Maritime	Historic wooden sailboats, rowboats and other boats, locations in Lake Union Park and Cama Beach State Park
Center on Contemporary Art	Seattle	Art	website - contemporary exhibitions at various locations
Chihuly Garden and Glass	Lower Queen Anne	Art	Studio glass of Dale Chihuly, located in the Seattle Center
Coast Guard Museum Northwest	SoDo	Military	Includes U.S. Coast Guard ship models, uniforms, photos and artifacts
Daybreak Star Cultural Center	Magnolia	Art	Native American art gallery and cultural center
EMP Museum	Seattle	Media	Popular culture, includes rock & roll and popular music memorabilia, interactive exhibits, Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame
Frye Art Museum	First Hill	Art	Painting and sculpture from the nineteenth century to the present
Georgetown Steam Plant	Georgetown	Technology	Steam engines in the former power plant
Giant Shoe Museum	Downtown Seattle	Commodity	Located in Pike Place Market, collection of giant shoes^[1]
Henry Art Gallery	University District	Art	The art museum of the University of Washington, includes contemporary art, photography, 19th-century art, Japanese and West Coast ceramics, costumes and textiles
History House of Greater Seattle	Fremont	History - Local	History and heritage of Seattle and its neighborhoods, currently closed, opening in new facility in 2017
Jack Straw New Media Gallery	Northeast	Art	website, non-profit multidisciplinary audio arts center
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park	Pioneer Square	History	Seattle's role in the Klondike Gold Rush
Last Resort Fire Department Museum	Downtown	Firefighting	website, vintage fire trucks, equipment, uniforms, located at the HQ for the Seattle Fire Department
Living Computer Museum	SoDo	Computer	History of the development of computers
Log House Museum	West Seattle	Local history	website, operated by the Southwest Seattle Historical Society
Milepost 31	Downtown	History	website, history of Pioneer Square and the construction of the Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement tunnel, features model of Bertha (tunnel boring machine)
Museum of Communications	Georgetown	Technology	Formerly known as the Vintage Telephone Equipment Museum, historic telephone equipment
Museum of Flight	South	Aerospace	Incorporates Boeing's original manufacturing plant, includes private and military aircraft
Museum of History and Industry	South Lake Union	History	Washington's history and culture
Nordic Heritage Museum	Ballard	Ethnic - Nordic	Heritage of Seattle's Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish immigrants
Northwest African American Museum	Central District	Ethnic - African American	African American heritage in the Northwest
Northwest Nikkei Museum	Central District	Ethnic	Operated by the Japanese Cultural Community Center, heritage and history of the Pacific Northwest’s Nikkei community
Northwest Seaport	South Lake Union	Maritime	Includes the Arthur Foss tugboat, Lightship 83
Olympic Sculpture Park	Downtown	Art	9-acre sculpture park
Pacific Science Center	Queen Anne	Science	Exhibits include health, dinosaurs, space, human body, Puget Sound, technology
Photographic Center Northwest	Seattle	Art	website, includes a contemporary photography gallery
Seattle Art Museum	Downtown	Art	3 facilities: main museum with diverse collections, Seattle Asian Art Museum and the Olympic Sculpture Park
Seattle Asian Art Museum	Capitol Hill	Art	Asian art, facility of the Seattle Art Museum
Seattle Central College M. Rosetta Hunter Art Gallery	Capitol Hill	Art	website
Seattle Children's Museum	Lower Queen Anne	Children's	Located in the Seattle Center
Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame	SoDo	Sports	Located at Safeco Field
Seattle Metropolitan Police Museum	Downtown	Law enforcement	History of policing in the Pacific Northwest
Seattle Pinball Museum	Chinatown-International District	Amusement	website, vintage pinball machines
Seattle University Galleries	First Hill	Art	Hedreen Galley at the Lee Center for the Arts,^[2] Kinsey Gallery,^[3] Vachon Gallery^[4]
Steamship Virginia V	South Lake Union	Maritime	1922 steamship
The Unity Museum	University District	Religious	website, peace, justice, and the Bahá'í Faith, locally and internationally
Wing Luke Asian Museum	Chinatown-International District	Ethnic - Pan Asian Pacific American	Culture, art and history of Asian Pacific Americans

Defunct museums

Consolidated Works, closed in 2006
Museum of Mysteries, closed in 2014,^[5] collections now online as the Northwest Museum of Legends and Lore^[6]
Odyssey Maritime Discovery Center, closed in 2008^[7]
Western Bridge, closed in 2012^[8]^[9]
Wright Exhibition Space, closed in 2014, collections now at Seattle Art Museum ^[10]

References

↑ "Giant Shoe Museum". Roadside America. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
↑ "Hedreen Gallery". Seattle University. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
↑ "Kinsey Gallery". Seattle University. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
↑ "Vachon Gallery". Seattle University. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
↑ "Seattle, Washington: Seattle Museum of the Mysteries (Closed)". Roadside America. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
↑ "Official site". Northwest Museum of Legends and Lore. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
↑ "Port to end pact with maritime museum". Seattle PI. February 26, 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
↑ "Official site". Western Bridge. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
↑ "Western Bridge Melts into the Air". The Stranger. November 7, 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
↑ "Wright Exhibition Space to close, art going to SAM". Seattle Times. July 14, 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2016.

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Museums in the Puget Sound region

Art	911 Media Arts Center Bellevue Arts Museum Frye Art Museum Henry Art Gallery Monarch Contemporary Art Center and Sculpture Park Museum of Glass Museum of Northwest Art Olympic Sculpture Park Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art Seattle Art Museum Seattle Asian Art Museum Tacoma Art Museum Whatcom Museum of History and Art

Aviation	Flying Heritage Collection Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour Heritage Flight Museum McChord Air Museum Museum of Flight Olympic Flight Museum Port Townsend Aero Museum

Children's	Hands On Children's Museum KidsQuest Children's Museum Seattle Children's Museum

Culture	Nordic Heritage Museum Northwest African American Museum Suquamish Museum Quinault Museum Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience

History	DuPont Museum Eastside Heritage Center Edmonds Historical Museum Harbor History Museum History House of Greater Seattle Issaquah Historical Museums Karshner Museum Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park Museum of History and Industry Renton History Museum Seattle Metropolitan Police Museum Seattle Underground Washington State History Museum

Maritime	Browns Point Light Center for Wooden Boats Coast Guard Museum Northwest Northwest Seaport Snagboat Heritage Center Working Waterfront Maritime Museum

Military	Coast Guard Museum Northwest Lewis Army Museum McChord Air Museum Naval Undersea Museum Puget Sound Navy Museum Washington National Guard Museum

Natural sciences	Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture Museum and Arts Center, Sequim, Washington

Science and technology	America's Car Museum Bellingham Railway Museum EMP Museum Georgetown Steam Plant Living Computer Museum Museum of Communications Pacific Science Center SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention Vintage Motorcycle Museum

See also: List of museums in Washington and Museums and galleries of Seattle

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