Lake Union Park
home to the Center for Wooden Boats. The park opened in September 2010, though the historic Armory building is being renovated for the Museum of History and Industry.
Center for Wooden Boats
A intriguing museum where you can learn about Maritime culture and experience sailing traditional wooden boats. The center's programs allow you to get a hands-on feel, putting in control of crafting and sailing your own wooden craft. Visit on Sunday for a free boat ride on a classic wooden boat. Rides are offered year-round. At times Artist-in-Residence Saaduuts leads programs.
South Lake Union Discovery Center
An introduction to the neighborhood, with displays explaining the history of South Lake Union. There is also a model of the whole neighborhood in the building.
Northwest Seaport/Maritime Heritage Center
Home to a number of historic ships, including a schooner, a tugboat, a fireboat, a lightship, and a steamer, along with several others. The Center for Wooden Boats
Public Art at Amazon.com Headquarters
While the Amazon.com buildings are not open to the public, there are several signed outdoor art pieces around the complex and other nearby buildings, and you can hob-nob with "blue badges" at local restaurants and coffee shops. Seattle Architecture Foundation also leads guided walking tours.
Discovery Park
Located at the tip of the Queen Anne peninsula and one of the best places in the city to view wildlife. Beaches, forested areas, and good views over the bay.
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Perhaps the most obvious spectacle in Queen Anne is the quintessential view of the Seattle Skyline from Kerry Park. The park affords an excellent view of downtown Seattle, the Space Needle, West Seattle/Alki and across the Puget Sound to Bainbridge Island depending on the weather.
A few blocks southwest of Kerry Park is Kinnear Park, which stretches down to the lower Queen Anne/Mercer Avenue area and has a good view of the Olympic Mountains over the top of Magnolia Hill, if the weather is clear.
North of this area, along 8th Ave. West., the hill opens up to excellent views of the Olympic Mountains to the west and enormous homes on the east.
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Science Fiction Museum (SFM)
Denny Regrade and Seattle Center is home of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame as well as numerous exhibits.
The Children's Museum, Seattle
An independent non-profit museum which hosts popular traveling exhibits and features 11 permanent exhibits and programming.
Pacific Science Center
An interactive science museum featuring permanent and temporary exhibits, a butterfly atrium, IMAX theater, planetarium, and laser shows.