Things to Do on a Rainy Day in Seattle

The Museum of Flight

• The Museum of Flight is a 12-acre museum that is home more than 85 historic air and spacecraft, flight simulators, interactive exhibits and educational activities. The Great Galley is an exhibit of 30 aircraft suspended overhead in a glass building. The museum also has a car that flies, a supersonic Concorde, the first jet "Air Force One" and a Mach 3 Blackbird spy plane. The flight stimulator seats 13 passengers and takes them on a WWII mission. There is a cafe for sandwiches and beverages on-site and plenty of free parking.

  The Museum of Flight
  9404 East Marginal Way S.
  Seattle, WA 98108
  206-764-5720
  museumofflight.org

Seattle Aquarium

• The Seattle Aquarium has a variety of sea fish and sea creatures, and offers day camps for children age seven to 15 and adult/child programs for children under the age of seven. Some exhibits include the Window on Washington Waters, Life on the Edge, Ocean Oddities, Marine Mammals, Underwater Dome, Pacific Coral Reef and Life of a Drifter. The Window on Washington is a 120,000 gallon tank that divers get into three times a day and talk to guests outside of the tank. The Underwater Dome is a 400,000 gallon tank in the shape of a dome, in which guests stand to have a 360-degree view of the fish. The aquarium also has a café and a gift shop.

  Seattle Aquarium
  1430 Alaskan Way
  Seattle, WA 98101
  206-386-4300
  seattleaquarium.org

The Children's Museum Seattle

• The Children's Museum in Seattle has many indoor activities for families. The 22,000 square foot museum is designed for children two through 10 and their families. The 11 exhibits include the Imagination Studio, Global Village, Mountain Forest, Discovery Bay, Story Tell Circle and a variety of other exhibits. The Imagination Studio has a kid-sized art studio where they can paint, play with clay and make sculptures, and a monthly themed station. The Neighborhood exhibit has a construction zone, grocery store and theater for hands-on fun for little ones. The museum offers birthday parties and after-hours parties as well.

  The Children's Museum Seattle
  305 Harrison St.
  Seattle, WA 98109
  206-441-1768
  thechildrensmuseum.org