6 Museums in 6 Hours

Seattle museums allow free admission on the 1st Thursday of each month.  Eric & I decided to make the most of it, and went on an all-you-can-eat cultural buffet.  We saw a LOT of stuff that afternoon.  If you want to do the same, bring along a good pair of sneakers, because you’d be doing a LOT of running.  The following lists from my most favorite to least.

1. Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum – Has some very cool exhibits with a Cha Cha live performance.  It feels more like Planet Hollywood/Universal Studio than the typical stuffy museums.
2. Seattle Art Museum – New building opened about a year ago.  Ultra Modern Building.  I especially like the new Impressionist exhibit. 
3. Museum of History & Industry – Surprisingly big interior that illuminates Seattle’s past ~150 years
4. Seattle Asian Art Museum – Decent exhibit on Chinese & Japanese art.  The Buddhism section needs an update.  Been the same for the past couple of years.
5. Burke Museum – This place seems to be frozen in time!  Nothing changed since I first went there 10 years ago!!  Granted it’s by UW, but still, add something new exhibit already!!!
6. Wing Luke Asian Museum – This place sucks big time.  It was closed when we got there @ ~3:30pm.  There was no warning at all when I went to its website earlier that day.  We saw more cool stuff on the opposite side of the block in a Tea Gallery where the hospitable manager, Mr. Dafe Chen provided us with free samples of $100/lb Oolong Tea.  If you ever go to Seattle International district, I highly recommend it.

The downside of seeing all of the stuff is not having the time to digest and appreciate some of the fine art.  But at least now I know which one is worth my time for a more in depth visit.  Here’re the photos.