Around the Sound: Seattle Museum Month

SEATTLE — It’s Seattle Museum Month! In case you keep at taking part motels, you will get 50% off admission to a wide range of museums.

“You recognize, folks come and say, ‘I do not forget that, however I didn’t find out about that,’ and so they out of the blue have this new image on this neighborhood we name residence,” mentioned Leonard Garfield, government director of MOHAI.

Rediscover Seattle, or study new surprises! It doesn’t matter should you’re an area or a vacationer, Seattle Museum Month is for everybody.

“It’s good for people which might be on the town to do one thing extra than simply the usual native spots. Once more, it simply focuses on a few of our historical past, and for native folks as properly,” mentioned Kenya Leger with Seattle Assortment Hyatt Lodges. “Lots of people who dwell within the space don’t find out about a few of the issues that make Seattle an ideal place to dwell in, so it’s good to level folks in these instructions.”

Seattle Museum Month runs by the top of February. There are 26 museums to select from, every thing from MoPOP and the Museum of Flight, to the aquarium and even Woodland Park Zoo!

“I like to inform those who if you wish to go to Seattle and actually know the place you might be, begin your go to at MOHAI as a result of we’re all concerning the Seattle story,” mentioned Garfield. “This neighborhood has had a wealthy historical past for hundreds of years and is making historical past right now, and we inform that historical past at MOHAI.”

There are over 50 taking part downtown motels to select from. If in case you have friends, visiting the museum is a superb different to native hotspots crowded with vacationers.

“It’s been actually thrilling since you wouldn’t consider Seattle in February to be the best time to go to, however we had plenty of enterprise from everywhere in the nation, world wide who’re coming to Seattle,” mentioned Garfield. “They’re visiting MOHAI, studying our historical past after which they’re going out and discovering different museums.”

Half the month is gone and you’ve got lower than two weeks to make the most of this provide! Head to SeattleMuseumMonth.com and plan your staycation with a dose of historical past and enjoyable this weekend.

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