Seattle, USA (Point of interest)

Seattle Art Museum's eclectic collection of artefacts includes many Native American pieces, African art and contemporary pieces. Highlights of the Downtown museum include Warhol's Double Elvis and Cai Guo-Qiang's Inopportune installation of cars pi... Continue reading →

Set in an Art Deco building in pretty Volunteer Park, the Asian Art Museum houses items of Chinese and Japanese art, as well as works from Korea and the Himalayas. Chinese terracotta funerary art and Japanese ceramics are among the highlights.... Continue reading →

Ferries run from the Waterfront to Bainbridge Island. Rustic and wooded, there's a friendly small-town atmosphere here. Visitors shop for crafts in Winslow and wander Bloedel Nature Reserve. The ferry back after dark offers great views of Seattle's... Continue reading →

Gigantic reptiles, volcanoes and cultures of the Pacific are explored at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture in Capitol Hill. One exhibition showcases 500 million years of Washington State history, others look at the Pacific Rim's cultu... Continue reading →

Seattle's Asian community resides in the Chinatown-International District, scented with Chinese herbs and the aroma of roasting ducks. Visitors can sample spicy dishes, shop for unusual gifts and take in the area's history at the Wing Luke Asian Mu... Continue reading →

The Experience Music Project in Frank Gehry's aluminium Downtown building contains over 80,000 music-related artefacts. Fans flock to see Kurt Cobain's scrawled lyrics or Janis Joplin's bell-bottom trousers. The Hendrix Gallery is filled with objec... Continue reading →

Four acres of weatherproof fun in the Pioneer Square district, the Museum of Flight includes eight flight simulators. Visitors can pilot hang gliders and jets, dock with the Hubble Space Telescope and journey with presidents aboard Air Force One. ... Continue reading →

Overlooking Puget Sound in Belltown, the Olympic Sculpture Park (OSP) is home to 21 sculptures by modern artists like Louise Bourgeois. Stroll across Elliott Avenue to Calder's 30-foot Eagle, whose steel boughs echo the industrial cranes on the wat... Continue reading →

The permanent exhibits at Seattle's Pacific Science Center include a collection of dinosaurs, a tropical butterfly house, an insect village, a saltwater tide pool and a science playground. There's also a fabulous IMAX film theatre (films change fre... Continue reading →

Famous fictional spaceships are on display in the Science Fiction Museum, alongside light-sabres, spacesuits, ray guns and even Klingon daggers. One exhibit explains sci-fi technology, from wormholes to time travel. All this is set inside Gehry's f... Continue reading →

Built in futuristic style in 1962, the 605-foot-tall Space Needle still provides a Downtown focal point. The lift glides up to the deck for panoramic city views from a bar serving Washington wines and sunset suppers.... Continue reading →

Totems are highly regarded art in the Pacific Northwest. These and other high-quality sculpture and paintings are displayed at the Stonington Gallery in Seattle's Pioneer Square. All are made by Northwest Coast tribal members or artists working in ... Continue reading →

The ornate 19th-century conservatory at Volunteer Park on Capitol Hill houses ferns, palms and cacti. There's also a bandstand, water tower and several sculptures among the well-tended picnic spots where you can take a break from Seattle bustle.... Continue reading →

The Washington Park Arboretum comprises 230 acres of gardens on the shores of Lake Washington, east of Downtown. It contains the US's largest collection of sorbus and maple, as well as varieties of holly, oak and conifer.... Continue reading →

Seattle's Wing Luke Asian Museum explores the culture, art and history of the Asian Pacific American community with artefacts, photographs and more. The main permanent exhibition examines the history of the immigration of Asians and Pacific Islande... Continue reading →