Seattle is the perfect sized city. It is large enough to enjoy the comforts of a large city, but small enough to have that small town feeling.
Seattle is graced with tremendous cultural assets.
Museums:
· Bellevue Art Museum- A state of the art, hands on museum in Downtown Bellevue.
· Burke Museum- The natural history museum at the University of Washington.
· Experience Music Project- A high-tech hands on music museum, built by Microsoft founder Paul Allen. It is located at the Seattle Center.
· Fry Museum- A private museum featuring works of the Great Masters on Seattle's First Hill.
· MOHI- Museum of History and Industry. The history of the city of Seattle near the University on the shores of Lake Washington.
· Museum of Flight- An Aviation museum at the site of Boeing's first factory in Seattle.
· Marymoor Museum- The history of the Eastside in Redmond.
· Odyssey Museum- A hands on maritime museum on Seattle?s central waterfront.
· Pacific Science Center- A hands on science museum with a planetarium and IMAX, located in the Seattle Center.
· Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art- ?Finest Private doll museum Worldwide,? located in downtown Bellevue.
· Seattle Art Museum- a world class museum downtown.
· Seattle Asian Art Museum- In the original Art Museum building on Capitol Hill.
· Seattle Children's Museum- A hands-on museum geared towards children at the Seattle center.
Theater Groups:
· A Contemporary Theater- Performing at the renovated Eagles Ballroom downtown Seattle.
· Intiman- Performing at the Seattle Center
· Pacific NW Ballet- Performs at the Seattle Center
· Seattle Children's Theater- Performs for children at the Seattle Center.
· Seattle Opera- Performs at the Seattle Center.
· Seattle Repetory- Performs at the Seattle Center.
· Seattle Symphony- Performs at Benaroya Hall in downtown Seattle.
· Village Theater- Started by Stanley Kramer, high quality theater in downtown Issaquah.
Also there are several renovated theaters (5th Avenue, Paramount, Moore) downtown Seattle featuring national traveling shows.
Zoos/Aquariums/Animals:
· Carnation Farm- In the town of Carnation, come see where Carnation Milk comes from.
· Cougar Mt Zoo- A private children's zoo open to the public in Issaquah
· Issaquah Salmon Hatchery- Tour a working hatchery in downtown Issaquah.
· Kelsey Creek Park- A working demonstration farm with a petting area in Bellevue.
· Seattle Aquarium. A large public aquarium on the central waterfront.
. Tacoma Zoo and Aquarium. 30 miles south of Seattle. Zoo in a natural setting and the aquarium has Beluga whales and more....
· Woodland Park Zoo- a world class zoo featuring a great bear exhibit and a new Jaguar Sanctuary.
· San Juan Islands to see wild Orca pods swimming freely.