Seattle | A Guide to Free Museum Days 🕰️

If you're in Seattle or visiting and want to explore museums on a budget, be sure to bookmark this: many of Seattle’s top museums offer free admission on the first Thursday of every month—and their quality is outstanding. ✈️ Museum of Flight A must-visit for aviation enthusiasts.Rows of aircraft are suspended from the ceiling, spanning early propeller planes to military and commercial jets.Seeing them up close is truly impactful. You can even step inside some cockpits and learn about the history of flight and aerospace technology.The museum also features military aircraft and exhibits from World War I and II. 🏺 Seattle Art Museum Seattle’s main art museum, with a comprehensive collection.It covers European, American, African, Asian, contemporary, and modern art.You’ll find works from different regions and time periods, including some early Chinese artifacts now housed abroad. 🏯 Seattle Asian Art Museum Focused on Asian art, with pieces from China, Japan, South Asia, and the Middle East.You can admire a wide range of Chinese ceramics in various shapes, glazes, and patterns.The museum also houses religious art from Asia, including Buddhist artifacts from China, India, and Nepal, as well as calligraphy, paintings, and Chinese bronzeware. 🌱 Volunteer Park Conservatory Divided into different greenhouse zones 🌡️, featuring tropical plants, desert plants, ferns, and orchids 🌵.Each section has its own temperature and humidity, and you can feel the shift as you walk through.Located right next to the Seattle Asian Art Museum, it’s easy to visit both in one day. ❄️ National Nordic Museum Explore Viking history, immigration stories, and modern Nordic design and art 🎭.Learn about how Nordic people adapted to extreme natural conditions, how immigrants settled into new environments, and why Nordic design leans toward minimalism. 🦕 Burke Museum A natural history museum on the UW campus.It covers dinosaur fossils, animal specimens, and Indigenous cultures.Sometimes you can even watch UW students dissecting animals in the lab 🔬.You can get up close to animal specimens and study their skeletal structures 🦴. #Seattle#Seattlelife#Seattlediary#Seattleweekend#Museum#SeattleMuseum