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Pacific Science Center: Fun for All Ages in Seattle
3.7
16 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
3.7
(16 Ratings)
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B4952oadianaj
Mar 17, 2025
BRAINS, BRAINS, BRAINS! - Zombies would have been right at home! We visited Brain Fest to geek out on brains and we weren't disappointed! First, there were multiple stations with brain related activities and sometimes, real brains! We saw a real brain dissection where we learned why the term grey matter exists (tho its sort of pinky brown) AND we held a T-rex 3D printed brain-turns out that their small brain packed a powerful ability to smell. Kids loved having printed guides to all of the stations so they could collect stamps along the way and not miss a cool experience. PacSci has a new exhibit, Brainy Bodies, with some very interactive experiences that worked really well with this event. I struggled with one brain interactive until a child about 4 years old showed me the way. I plan to go back and tackle that one when fewer people are watching me...Shout out to PacSci, Allen Institute and University of Washington folks for making Brain Fest 2025 happen. Truly memorable! And folks, you only get one brain so wear those helmets!
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Tinal0128
Feb 18, 2025
Great place for kids - This place is great! This is a must stop place for our daughter! She is 4 this year and she had a blast here at the science center! There’s plenty to do in there and she loves the toddler section! This place is great for all ages and depends on the age of the child, there’s plenty to explore for all ages! We haven’t tried the movies but will definitely love to try them when my daughter is a little bigger!
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Ktjg17
Oct 28, 2024
Always something to learn - PacSci ignites curiosity in every child and adult, fueling a passion for discovery, experimentation, and critical thinking in all of us.
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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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Epk63
Jan 20, 2025
Science museum - Very nice experience. Better with younger children but good for all ages
Butterflies exhibit, Planetarium and Laser show too.
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Rachel548
Mar 20, 2025
Better for younger kids - We have visited a lot of science centers, and I hate giving lower reviews to a place of learning, but my 12yo son and I were a little disappointed. The general admission ticket only really gets you in to permanent exhibits and a lot of them we've seen in other science centers around the country. We didn't find much to be unique and we didn't find much for teens. We were there maybe 1.5hrs. Geared towards younger kids for sure.
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Taylorah4613io
Mar 20, 2025
Not good for a solo adult - Very bad for adults. Quite bad planetarium, the exhibits are really basic (more like toddler/young elementary focused) and the laser show really hurt my eyes. I am an adult solo traveler who loves like amusement parks, aquariums, etc. and this was not good for an adult!! Save your money and go elsewhere if you don't have kids.
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M9008hbpatriciar
Mar 23, 2025
Old /Not well maintained - If you have visited nice museums, this is
Not for you . If your child has not been to a museum before, I guess will be fine. My 4yr was exited about dinosaurs, you are going to be disappointed.
Be aware:
-parking structure, pricey and tight
-gas station around the corner with weird people. You know what I meant regarding safety/drugs
-Museum hasn’t been remodeled, most exhibitions are off or broken. No staff around
-looks old , needs to be remodeled
-expensive for what you are going to see! In 1 hr you already see everything . Spaces are big but exhibitions are small . Lack of inside light, not clean
-tide pool have water wash no soap
-outside water exhibitions looks like they are stock in early 2000s , rusty, paint less, broken
-Butterflies is one of the areas where staff is and extreme clean
-3D printing area, have staff around but other than that is like you see everything old
Good luck. I don’t recommend this museum. Everyone has own personal perspective. For us, 2 small kids/2 adults around $110, 1hr to complete the visit and we learned more at home than with this visit.
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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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