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Pacific Science Center: Fun for All Ages in Seattle
3.9
10 Ratings
Seattle
Discover interactive exhibits, touch live marine animals, and explore outer space at Pacific Science Center. Perfect for families and guests of all ages.
Discover interactive exhibits, touch live marine animals, and explore outer space at Pacific Science Center. Perfect for families and guests of all ages.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Pacific Science Center - Explore hundreds of interactive exhibits including The Tropical Butterfly House, where guests can explore hundreds of beautiful, free-flying butterflies in a lush garden setting and experience. Interact with animals from Puget Sound waters in the Salt Water Tide Pool while learning about their habitat, feeling their unique…
- Pacific Science Center - Explore hundreds of interactive exhibits including The Tropical Butterfly House, where guests can explore hundreds of beautiful, free-flying butterflies in a lush garden setting and experience. Interact with animals from Puget Sound waters in the Salt Water Tide Pool while learning about their habitat, feeling their unique textures and discovering how they co-exist in our vital ecosystem. Experiment and innovate with fun engineering and design challenges through hands-on activities in Tinker Tank, our makerspace. Roam among roaring robotic dinosaurs in a prehistoric environment, learning about their habitats and behaviors. Engage in live science experiments with our talented science interpretation team. Explore outer space in PacSci’s planetarium and enjoy vibrant music and spectacular laser light shows in the Laser Dome. For an additional fee, experience the immersive power of an IMAX® documentary on one of Pacific Science Center’s two IMAX Theaters.
What's Included
- Local taxes
- Local taxes
What's Not Included
- IMAX tickets may be purchased at the ticket booth for an additional fee
- Food and drinks
- Daytime laser show and planetarium tickets can be booked during your visit, availability varies
- IMAX tickets may be purchased at the ticket booth for an additional fee
- Food and drinks
- Daytime laser show and planetarium tickets can be booked during your visit, availability varies
Additional Information
Pacific Science Center near the Space Needle in Seattle Center is Washington’s leading attraction for fun and engaging experiences for families and guests of all ages. Explore hundreds of interactive exhibits, wander among fluttering tropical butterflies, tinker with reusable products, touch live marine animals, come face-to-face with prehistoric…
Pacific Science Center near the Space Needle in Seattle Center is Washington’s leading attraction for fun and engaging experiences for families and guests of all ages. Explore hundreds of interactive exhibits, wander among fluttering tropical butterflies, tinker with reusable products, touch live marine animals, come face-to-face with prehistoric dinosaurs, travel to outer space in the planetarium, rock out to a dazzling daytime laser show, and so much more. For an additional fee, guests can experience Pacific Science Center’s two IMAX® Theaters.
- Youth age 12 and under must be accompanied by a responsible adult or legal guardian throughout their visit.
- Hours may vary. Please check our website for up-to-date hours and closure information.
- Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (last admission at 4 p.m.) Wednesday - Sunday. Open Monday - Sunday during school holidays and breaks.
Location
Pacific Science Center
200 2nd Ave N,
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
3.9
(10 Ratings)
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Maureen
Oct 5, 2024
Great For All Ages - Lots of fun for all ages. Butterfly House has species from all over the world. There is a dinosaur section for the young ones
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Vidae2014
Sep 3, 2024
A day well spent - This was a day well spent. Based on all there was to do, I knew it was going to be an all day visit, which it was. It is a museum for children (I wasn't sure if it was also going to be an adult museum, but it was really for kids). My 7 year old loved it. I thought that the actual museum was just ok -- it wasn't super large. But all the add ons made it super special (the planetarium, the laser show, and the IMAX, all of which we did). While the planetarium and laser show are included with the tickets, you have to reserve them when you get your tickets. So it's important to either buy your tickets in advance (I think the planetarium can't be reserved in advance before the day of but I'm not sure, we bought our tickets in person the morning of) or arrive early day of. Sure enough, some of the things were full by noon and I was glad we started early. It's a full day to get in an IMAX show (extra cost), the planetarium, and the laser show, which are all timed tickets. The butterfly area is super cool. They had a show of illusions which was super fun. There's a room of hands on physics things that are super fun for kids. We stayed until they closed and we started shortly after they opened. It's a little intense with kids running around, but it's manageable. They do not have a place to eat, so be sure to pack lunches. We didn't have time to leave and get food, so we wound up just eating the snacks I brought. My daughter also caught a cold after being there, which makes sense with all the kids and their germs, so be prepared for some exposures, and perhaps plan the timing in your trip accordingly.
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Robinchristopher1710
Aug 12, 2024
Great IMAX Experience - This was the best movie experience in four years in Seattle. I like that they have discounts for local residents. I honestly don’t think that I could go to a regular movie theater after this experience. Very friendly staff. The PSC is deserving of our support. As you walk through you see hoards of children with their parents having fun with the interactive exhibits.I can’t wait to go back to see the actual exhibits. Kudos to the center and staff.
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Catiev22
Aug 26, 2024
Afternoon well spent! - Lots of fun for the kids and adults. Many different hands on activities that teach science and creativity. Easy to find, close to the space needle.
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Kristin
Aug 10, 2024
Great for kids under 12 - Agree that this is a little dated and some of the exhibits could be updated but it is great for kids under 12
Visited with our 9 and 6 year old after an Alaskan cruise. Went from 10:30-12:30 on a sat am and returned after lunch for the planetarium show and laser show. Both tix were included in general admission.
Also part of the city seattle pass. A great way for kids to spend a kiddo focused day
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Alie258
Jun 29, 2024
Nostalgic, but fell a little short - Our favorite activity was the laser show by far! While the PSC hit a lot of nostalgic spots for me, I was hoping it would have more exhibits as it did when I was a kid. Hopefully they’ll be able to add more in the future
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Jcw703
Jun 9, 2024
Great, But Confusing - This is a great center / museum with numerous hands-on activities that our kids (3 and 5) certainly enjoyed. My one gripe, besides the price of admission, was that there weren't any displayed maps that I recall seeing. I'm sure there is probably an app or something, but it would have been great to have several "you are here" style maps scattered about the facility.
Saw the Abba laser light show- it was interesting and worthwhile.
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Charliewhiskeytravel
Aug 20, 2024
Not worth the price of admission - We normally love science museums but this one wasn’t great. It seems geared to kids aged 10 and under and even then, it’s small and most of the exhibits seem old and nothing has been updated in a long time. We also saw the ‘laser show’, which was free, and left partway through. It was boring and I’m glad we didn’t pay to attend. The butterfly house was okay, but there weren’t many butterflies and there only seemed to be about 5 different types. The dinosaur exhibit was a lot of animatronic dinosaurs but nothing of any real substance, considering it’s supposed to be a science museum. We were there on a quiet weekday and there were still lots of school or summer camp groups there. If you went when it was busy, it would be a nightmare.
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M7249injesseb
Aug 27, 2024
Don't bother - complete and total trash. discriminatory and run by overly sensitive liberal who want to get rid of any who is different
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