Free Museums Admission Days

Free on FIRST THURSDAYS of every month (times listed are for Thursday only)

• Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture (University District): 10am-8pm, http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/
• Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame: 5pm-8pm,   http://www.empsfm.org/
• Henry Art Gallery (University District): 11am-8 pm,  http://www.henryart.org/
• Museum of Flight (south of downtown): 10am – 9pm,  http://www.museumofflight.org/
• Museum of History & Industry (Montlake): 10 am-8 pm,  http://www.seattlehistory.org/
• Northwest African American Museum (Central District): 11am-7pm,  http://www.naamnw.org/
• Seattle Art Museum: 10 am-9 pm, http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/
• Seattle Asian Art Museum: 10 am-9 pm,  http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/visit/visitSAAM.asp
• Wing Luke Asian Museum (International District): 11am -8pm,  http://wingluke.org/home.htm

 
Free on THIRD THURSDAYs of each month

• Museum of Glass (Tacoma): 5pm-8pm, http://www.museumofglass.org/
• Tacoma Art Museum (Tacoma): 10am-8pm, http://www.tacomaartmuseum.org/
• Washington State History Museum (Tacoma): 2pm-8pm, http://www.wshs.org/

Free Fridays-First 3 are "First Fridays", last one is every Friday

• Bellevue Arts Museum (Bellevue): First Fridays,11am-8pm,   http://www.bellevuearts.org/
• Children’s Museum of Tacoma (Tacoma): First Fridays, 10am-7pm,  http://www.childrensmuseumoftacoma.org/home
• Hands On Children’s Museum (Olympia): First Fridays, 5–9 pm,  http://www.hocm.org/
• KidsQuest Children’s Museum (Bellevue): Fridays, 5–8 pm,  http://www.kidsquestmuseum.org/

Always Free!

• Bellevue Botanical Garden (Bellevue): Dawn to Dusk, http://www.bellevuebotanical.org/
• Center for Wooden Boats (Lake Union): Free Boat Rides on Lake Union every Sunday afternoon, Museum is free always: Sept. 29th - May 1st: 10am - 5pm Tuesday-Sunday, May 2nd - Sep. 28th: 10am - 8pm Daily,  http://www.cwb.org/south-lake-union
• Frye Art Museum (First Hill): Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat 10-5 pm, Thursday 10-8 pm, Sunday 12-5 pm, Monday closed, http://fryemuseum.org/
• Klondike Gold Rush National: Present Operating Hours: (March 9, 2009 - January 2, 2010), Monday through Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday and Sunday 9am-5pm, http://www.nps.gov/klse/
• Olympic Sculpture Park: 30 minutes prior to sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset,  http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/visit/osp/
• Shoreline Historical Museum (Shoreline): Free crafts on fourth Saturdays, 11am-3pm, Tuesday-Saturday 10am-4pm,  http://www.shorelinehistoricalmuseum.org/index.html

* locations are downtown Seattle unless otherwise specified

Thanks for the great resources! My group was looking for free or cheap field trips to take junior high students on