Science Fiction Museum

Visiting the Seattle Science Fiction Museum

• Hours: Open daily
• Reservations: Not required
• Cost: Admission fee
• Location: North of downtown, in Seattle Center
• How Long: Allow at least an hour for a quick walk-through, and up to three hours if you want to read and examine everything
• Best Time to Visit: Any time

Science Fiction Museum

The Science Fiction Museum's exhibits include science fiction film and television props and memorabilia, rare science fiction books and film posters. The collection is organized by themes, such as weapons, the Changing Face of Mars, alien creatures, and the future. The collection is extensive and well organized, with explanatory signs for everything. There's so much of it that one could easily get stuck at one exhibit for a long time, examining everything.

See something you'd like to know more about when you get home? Using computers located at the end of each exhibit, you can browse for the things that interested you and ask the museum to send you an e-mail reminder with a link to more information. However, the reminder I sent myself never arrived, so you might want to take out a piece of old-fashioned paper and write something down if it's important to you.

This museum is not for everyone. Younger children can get quite restless, and non-science fiction fans will likely be bored. If your group has mixed interests, consider splitting up. While the science fiction-lovers enjoy this museum, the musicians can record their own CD at the Experience Music Project (located in the same building), the kids (of any age) can play in the arcade or go to the Pacific Science Center, or just relax on the lawn.

Getting to Science Fiction Museum

Science Fiction Museum
325 Fifth Avenue North
Seattle, WA
206-724-3428
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Seattle Center is bounded by First Avenue North, Fifth Avenue, Denny Street and Mercer Streets. The Science Fiction Museum is located at the corner of Broad Street and Fifth Avenue. 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.