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Located in the heart of the city, The Children’s Museum, Seattle is on the first level of the Center House at Seattle Center. With the Space Needle soaring overhead and downtown just a Monorail ride away, the Museum can be an exciting part of any day spent in The Emerald City.

The Children’s Museum, Seattle is a 22,000 square foot environment just for children ages birth through 10 years and their families. At the Museum, every exhibit is interactive, which allows little hands and growing minds to explore, play and learn. Want to climb a mountain and jump in a marmot hole? Build something bigger than you are? Jump to different lands and explore new cultures and see how other people live? You can do all of that and more! Spend hours exploring one exhibit; minutes at another, it’s all up to you!

The Museum features 11 permanent exhibits, an art studio, two education classrooms, a temporary traveling exhibit gallery, a story telling circle and resource library, workshops, camps and weekend programming, The Children’s Museum, Seattle is the premiere institution in the Northwest region for informal early childhood education. The Museum serves nearly 200,000 visitors annually and over 6,000 families including educators and community leaders are members.

The Children’s Museum, Seattle connects children from birth to age 10 and their families to the creativity within themselves and others, stimulates their appreciation for the richness of other cultures, and prepares them to live as citizens in a world of limitless possibilities. We do this by creating an environment where nothing is off-limits for children and everything is designed to speak their language. Through our programming, we ignite children’s curiosity and encourage them to take the lead, helping them become active, life-long learners.

TCM is a trusted, engaging, and stimulating resource for our community. At the core of our vision is our belief that fun and learning are essential to developing strong individuals, healthy families and responsible citizens. Here, children discover the world around them and gain the confidence to be daring, creative thinkers. Parents realize something that their children know instinctively – that learning can really be fun. And everyone finds a deeper understanding of their own humanity, as well as of their roles and responsibilities in a world of many cultures. Together, children and the adults in their lives become stronger families. Through them, we become a stronger community. And, ultimately, we create a better world by developing individuals who:

As global citizens, can better absorb, appreciate, and act upon the needs of a changing world; As active community members, can see the value in bringing people together to make connections and work toward common good; As employees, can use critical thinking, problem-solving, and swift adaptability to keep pace with a rapidly changing world; And, as family members and friends, can seek the connection between fun and learning to enhance their enjoyment of life and better understand their place in the world. TCM serves an important and unique role that helps shape children, families, and the greater Seattle community.