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925 Court C
Tacoma, WA
Hands-on displays for children of all ages. Please allow at least 1 hour. Call for hours and more information.
Phone: 253 627-2436
9 miles south on I-5 to exit 124, 1 miles west to 12317 Gravelly Lake Dr. S.W.
Guided tours are available for this beautiful garden. Features include Lion fountain, medieval Knot Garden, Georgian-style home, Japanese maples and a giant Douglas Fir which has its own shade garden.
S. Ninth Street in Tacoma
This park has one of the tallest totem poles in the country at 105 feet high. It was carved from a single cedar pole. For more information about Tacoma area attractions, please contact the Tacoma-Pierce County
Tacoma/Pierce County Visitors & Convention Center
906 Broadway, P.O. Box 1754
Tacoma, WA 98401-1754
Phone: 253 627-2836
One of the largest suspension bridges in the world. (center span 188 feet
high and 2,800 feet long) This bridge replaced "Galloping Gertie",
the previous bridge which had a brief, but memorable history.
Project website
History page for the Bridge
700 acre park with miles of trails through forest and garden, including beautiful vistas and a waterfront. Included in its features are a fishing pier and picnic area. Visit the internationally known zoo and aquarium, a replica of Fort Nisqually (c1855), Never Never Land, Japanese gardens and much more.
Open daily from dawn to dusk
City park page
Park history page with good
pictures
Phone: 253 752-0047
A replica of an early 20th century logging camp. Many photographs and relics from old Tacoma may be seen at this museum.
W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory
This conservatory was built in 1908. It is in the Victorian style with a 12
sides central dome with 12,000 panes of glass! The edifice is listed on city,
state and national historic registers. There are over 500 species of foliage
and flowers, plus seasonal displays are added as the year moves along.
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Phone: 253 591-5339
You may see the oldest standing structure in the state of Washington at Fort Nisqually. It is the first outpost of the Hudson Bay Co. on Puget Sound. Please call for hours and additional information.
Located in Point Defiance park
Phone: 253 591-5845
30 scenes from children's literature may be viewed at this 10 acre site. Please call for hours and more information. Small fee for admission.
Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium
5400 N. Pearl St.
Tacoma, WA
Phone: 253 591-5335
This internationally known zoo features many Pacific rim animals such as Polar Bears, walruses, sea otters and Beluga Whales. Watch for special displays throughout the year and especially in December with the Zoolights display. A minimum of two and a half hours should be set aside to see the Zoo and Aquarium, but you will want to stay longer!
Please call for hours and information. Fee for admission
12th and Pacific Aves.
Tacoma, WA
Phone: 253 272-4258
Many permanent exhibits plus various traveling exhibits throughout the year may be seen at the Art museum. See many northwest artists and impressionists of the 19th and 20th centuries. Please call for hours and admission fees.
Washington State Historical Society Museum
315 N. Stadium Way
Tacoma, WA
Phone: 253 591-5330
Many displays, dioramas and multimedia presentations may be seen at this 106,000 square foot museum. Some depictions of the human history, the railroad industry, the pioneer era, the depression and other historical periods are permanent exhibits here. Please allow at least 1 hour to view what may be seen at the Museum. Home to the largest collection of pioneer, Indian and Alaskan artifacts on the Pacific Coast. Please call for more information concerning hours and exhibits.
This railroad station was built in 1911 by Northern Pacific Railroad. It was
a landmark for the area with its dome until 1983.
It is now a Federal Courthouse with public rotunda exhibit of extraordinary
glass sculptures by internationally acclaimed Tacoma artist Dale Chihuly
It is next to the Washington State History Museum and the University of Washington
Tacoma campus.
Broadway, between 7th and 9th
This area is in Tacoma's historic district with over 60,000 square feet of collectibles
to look over. The Tacoma Farmer's Market is held here every Thursday from June
to mid-September at 10 am until 3 pm.
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