- Hours: Open daily
- Reservations: Not required
- Cost: Admission fee
- Location: North of downtown, in Seattle Center
- How Long: Allow a half day or more
- Best Time to Visit: It's less busy weekdays before 11:00 AM
Pacific Science Center
The Pacific Science Center's exhibits range from animatronic dinosaurs to the physiology of addiction, and there are plenty of interactive displays and demonstrations to keep you and the kids busy and interested. In summer, you'll even find a butterfly house. One-upping most other science museums around the country, they've got two IMAX theaters, one showing traditional IMAX films and the other special 3-D IMAX presentations.Getting to Pacific Science Center
Pacific Science Center200 Second Avenue North
Seattle, WA
(206)443-2001
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Seattle Center is bounded by First Avenue North, Fifth Avenue, Denny Way and Mercer Streets. The Pacific Science Center is located on Denny Way, but the entrance is inside the Seattle Center complex, near the Space Needle. To get there from downtown, you can take the Seattle Center Monorail, or walk north on Third, Fourth or Fifth Avenues. From the waterfront, you can take the trolley to its north end, then walk up Broad Street.
If you're driving, exit I-5 at the Seattle Center exit and follow the signs. You'll find parking lots on the Fifth Avenue side.
If You Liked Pacific Science Center, You May Also Like
- Arizona Science Center, Phoenix
- Denver Museum of Nature and Science
- Exploratorium, San Francisco
- California Science Center, Los Angeles
