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Free things to do in Seattle

6 museums and landmarks in Seattle are recorded as free entry by OpenStreetMap contributors, and 30 parks, viewpoints and beaches cost nothing by their nature. 18 of them give opening hours.

Contributors marked these as charging no admission. Museums and landmarks only: a zero here is a fact about the place, not an assumption about its kind.

Free by their nature rather than by a tag, so nobody checked these one by one — but a park being free needs no evidence.

Opening hours come from OpenStreetMap and can be out of date. A place is only marked open on Sunday when its record says so plainly.

Free museums — 6 places

  • Center for Wooden Boats
    Valley Street 1010
    Mo-Fr 12:30-20:00; Sa-Su 10:00-20:00
    Open on Sunday
  • Frye Art Museum
    Terry Avenue 704
    Tu-We, Fr-Su 11:00-17:00; Th 23:00-19:00
    Open on Sunday
  • Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
    2nd Avenue South 319
    Fr-Su 10:00-17:00
    Open on Sunday
  • Gray Sky
    1st Avenue South 320
    Th-Sa 12:00-16:00
  • Gates Foundation Visitor Center
    5th Avenue North 440
    We-Sa 10:00-17:00
  • AMcE Creative Arts
    19th Avenue East 612

Parks and gardens — 20 places

  • Westlake Park
    06:00-22:00
  • Volunteer Park
    15th Avenue East 1247
    06:00-22:00
  • Denny Park
    Dexter Avenue North 100
    04:00-23:30
  • Freeway Park
    Seneca Street 700
  • Dr. Jose Rizal Park
    12th Avenue South 1007
    Mo-Su 04:00-23:30
  • Waterfront Park
    Alaskan Way 1401
    07:00-22:00
  • Kerry Park
    West Highland Drive 211
  • Olympic Sculpture Park
    Western Avenue 2901
    Mo-Su sunrise-sunset
  • Tilikum Place
  • Occidental Square
    South Washington Street 117
    Mo-Su 06:00-22:00
  • Donnie Chin International Children’s Park
  • Cal Anderson Park
    11th Avenue 1635
  • Queen Anne Boulevard
  • Lake Union Park
    Terry Avenue North 860
    04:00-23:30
  • First Hill Park
    University Street 1201
    04:00-23:30
  • Summit Slope Park
    Summit Avenue East 200
    04:00-23:30
  • Plymouth Pillars Park
    Pike Street 1050
    06:00-22:00
  • Myrtle Edwards Park
  • Pier 62
    Alaskan Way 1951
    07:00-22:00
  • Broadway Hill Park
    Federal Avenue East 500
    04:00-23:30

Viewpoints — 7 places

  • Volunteer Park Water Tower
  • Queen Anne Hill
  • Capitol Hill
  • Pier 70 Viewpoint
  • Louisa Boren Overlook
  • First Hill
  • Cherry Hill

Beaches — 3 places

  • Pioneer Square Habitat Beach
  • Bay Street End
  • Lake Union Park Kayak Launch and Beach

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