The Seattle Art Museum (SAM) is one of the premiere art destinations in the Seattle area. This…read moremuseum is massive with 4 stories worth of traditional and contemporary art from across the globe. To get here, you can either find street parking or park in nearby parking garages and walk over. Museum admission is $30 per adult or $20 with student ID. We definitely spent a good couple hours here browsing all the art and stopping by their gift shop. I would highly recommend stopping by for all art lovers!

Located at Seattle downtown. Very worth a visit. You may need 2 hours for this visit. There are…read moremany exhibitions that are very interesting and informative. Design of each exhibit items is very artistic. I like very much of 3D display of Diego Cibelli porcelain sculpture. There is several of the display. This is a must see item. The other is the Lessons from the Institute of Empathy. This is interesting collection. The other wow collection is the porcelain room collection with decorative dinning set. There are some special exhibits. This room may be changed every 3 months. Overall we like the visit.

Great option for a free museum in Seattle! It's a bit smaller but still full of great art work…read more There is also a store/gift shop & cafe in site!

The Frye Art Museum, located in downtown Seattle, was found on Yelp. I did notice that people said…read morenot to have a car so we walked here from the hotel which is about a 20-minute walk. Some uphill walks but it was a nice walk actually. The museum is free which is nice you walk through and it is pretty much filled with many unique rooms, each with different pieces of art. It was pretty quiet but I do enjoy the placement of every piece. It's not a big museum so this probably won't take up so much time.

A must visit in Seattle- Stunning blown glass exhibit!…read more If you'd like a vibrant artsy experience in Seattle, drop by here to see Dale Chihuly's masterpieces. The museum houses his exquisite and intricate blown glass with a myriad of colors and designs. There is also an outdoor exhibit with several blown glass art entwined in the garden and the space needle towering overhead as a nice backdrop for photos. Glass blowing demos are shown, which is pretty interesting to see the soup to nuts creation of a glass blown bottle or vase. The tickets are a little expensive (~ $40) but worth for those who are passionate about the arts!

This is a stunning museum and exhibition center, located right next to the Space Needle. Our…read moretickets were part of the CityPass and we reserved our entry time few minutes before walking into the building. The check-in process was super quick. The first few halls were displaying artworks made out of glass. There were so many different sizes and shapes of colorful glass sculptures. It was so stunning, each photo seemed like a perfect shot for my phone's wallpaper. The hallway continues to a glass ceiling hall of the building with some more glass artwork. There was a cafe located in this area. Outside the building was a beautiful garden, with walkway all around. They were also doing a demo of making colorful vases from scratch using glass mold from furnace. On the other side was the entrance to the second building that had a theater playing a short movie about creating these glass art pieces. The exit was next to the theater that led to the gift shop. The gift shop was fascinating here. There were so products and artwork representing the glass sculptures inside the center. There were also many other souvenir items like stickers, magnets, apparels, cups, mugs, hats, books, stationery and so many more. We bought couple of magnets from here. Prices were decent. Staff members were really friendly here, both inside the exhibition and at the gift shop.

5 stars it was amazing I'm 13 and my youngest sibling is 6months and my oldest sibling is 15 it was…read morefun for all especially the scared to death horror room it was amazing and fun it's fun for all ages even my parents loved it I totally recommended

Museum of Pop Culture took me a decade to finally go. Waited too long…read more Back when Frank Gehry was still around, I lived next to Linda's Tavern, the last place Kurt Cobain was seen. Wild to be here now and the Cobain exhibit is gone after all these years, and so has Frank (RIP); architectural genius. The building still hits. The architecture alone is worth it. Sci-fi, horror, and fantasy exhibits carry the experience. At this point, I'd come back for the rotating shows, Rebels & Icons on the 15th, and the upstairs Lounge Bar. Low key hidden, solid pop art food/drinks, complimentary chips with their own seasoning, and great service. The museum should separate this bar on Yelp, I want to review this separately.(hint) That combo makes the membership make sense.

We came here on a Saturday night and it was nearly empty. It's $40 per ticket, which is absolutely…read morenot worth it. Fun to swing by after dinner, but too short for it to be a single event. Pros: -helpful staff around to help take photos or answer questions -parking garage close by -plenty of tickets available -kid friendly with step stools to stand on Cons: -very expensive -mostly illusions using mirrors, so it's the same type of exhibit every time (looks like there's five of you in a room, looks like four of you sitting down, looks like a lot of you down a hallway) -doesn't last long

Was in Downtown Seattle and didn't necessarily have enough time to see some other sights, so I…read morefound Museum of Illusions highly rated on Yelp and decided to book for four people plus infant. Luckily they had tickets available for purchase online on a Valentine's Day Saturday! Initially I thought we can go through b/c we had bought tickets already, but there was a crazy line to enter, even for people who already bought tickets. The lines didn't stop there though, there were also lines to see the exhibits and take photos. I think typically I would have been fine waiting, but with a little one and stroller, it was tough navigating crowds and having to wait and experience an exhibit for a minute. I will say that I did appreciate that there were some Valentine's Day themed exhibits/merch, as well as some cool photo ops that gave off different illusions, but it was all up pretty quickly... Overall, I'm not sure it was worth the $35-40/pp charge, but probably my fault for wanting to visit on a Valentine's Day night with a toddler...

It's small, thoughtfully curated and displays are minimal in the best way possible. The space is…read morewelcoming, serene and pensive. The exhibits are wonderful and unique, historic and truly awe-inspiring. Parking, free, in front of the building, near the volunteer park tower, with views out toward the space needle make for easy transportation and visiting. Highly recommend.

This museum is small but it has quite a good collection. Every Thursday of the month is free museum…read moreday. Today is January 1 Thursday has a lot of people. The collection is dedicated to Asian art. This includes China, Japan, India and Cambodia, Thailand as major countries. The collection is very detailed. They are religious, artistic, armory and more. The visit takes 2 hours to complete. It is just one floor.

super cute and fun! it may be confusing because when you buy the tickets you do not receive…read moretickets, but they will have your name down for the time you reserve and probably have a pleasant time :)

This place is a joke! It Is just waste of time and money!…read moreThe only thing It has is settings to take your own picture and to pretend you are a playing dress up... like preschoolers and kindergartens... nothing more nothing less. Seattle has better places to visit.

I think the compact size doesn't matter much since admission's free for most visitors--especially…read moreeducators and students. Modern art often smells like contemporary aggrandizement to me. Placards describing a work's history and symbols are cool; artists going on and on about how "transformative and vulnerable" their art is--kinda different vibe.

We were in the neighborhood checking out the Cherry Blossoms. Walking around the campus ran into…read morethe Henry Art Gallery. Check it out if you're into contemporary art. It's located on the other side of Meany Hall in the University of Washington campus and has all sorts of cool stuff to check out, like paintings, sculptures, video installations, and performance art. They always have new and exciting exhibits featuring artists from all over the world. The displays are really thought-provoking and explore a bunch of different themes, so there's always something interesting to think about. The building itself is pretty cool too. It's made of a bunch of different materials like concrete, steel, and glass, and it lets in a ton of natural light. Walking through the galleries is a chill and relaxing experience. Their special exhibit was the "Thick As Mud" which was quite revealing and subjective. Besides the exhibits, the museum also hosts a ton of fun events and workshops.

This was a nice place to relax on a Sunday afternoon in May. The weather was dry and sunny.read more

Whenever I'm in this part of Seattle I always enjoy visiting the sculpture park. Excellent views of…read morethe Sound, and the Space Needle, depending on which direction you look. On this visit I noticed a security guard walking around. Which actually made me feel better as a female alone in a public place. I'm not scared to be in Seattle alone but it is nice to know security guards walk around. Always interesting sculptures and great views! SYOY!

I have been aware of the Mourning Market for a couple of years now but the dark themed market has…read morebeen around since 2009. The Mourning Market takes place in October and December. I believe each year the address for the market can change. This past year (2018) the address was at El Corazon. The Mourning Market is composed of dark themed... or Gothic styled merchandise that independent vendors and artists make and sell. This can include a variety of things from dolls, clothes, paintings, candy, cards, jewelry boxes, incense burners, necklaces and so much more! Many of the vendors do accept credit or debit cards but if there were any that did not there was an ATM at El Corazon where you could get cash. There is an entry fee to go to the market and the time we went it was only $2 which was very manageable. We bought several things here that we really enjoy! We got homemade chocolates from a vendor with a brilliant and refreshing mint flavor to it. I also got a bullet necklace where the bullet shell was carved in beautiful and elaborate designs. Steve got a David Bowie magnet which was awesome! The merchandise here is one of a kind and if it isn't then if there are duplicates of an item then it is very exclusive to that vendor or the market.In other words the likelihood of finding these items somewhere else are unlikely. Almost all of the vendors have their own business cards and I imagine you could place some orders for what they sell after the Mourning Market is held. The Mourning Market has about two dates out of the year as to when it is held. As I said location is bound to change year to year but it's definitely worth keeping track of. Their website is very straightforward and if you have the interest in becoming a vendor at the market there is even a link for that too at the website. The Mourning Market is a great way to support your local artists in the area!