SEA Places: Seattle has many neighborhoods, entertainment venues, museums, and other places with Web sites--Seattle, Washington, USA

Living - Places - Seattle, Washington, USA

Seattle has many neighborhoods, entertainment venues, museums, and other places with Web sites

Sites: Places such as parks, buildings, public gardens and zoos, notable buildings, libraries, interesting places; see also the listings for Venues, Museums, Dining, and Housing; see Activities for cultural centers
- Album: SEA Album; a collection of images of Seattle's sites and street scenes
- Aquarium: Seattle Aquarium; displays and education about the aquatic wildlife and habitats of the Puget Sound and the Pacific Northwest
- Ballard: Neighborhood of Seattle; known for its Scandinavian heritage and Nordic Museum
- Chinese Garden: Seattle Chinese Garden Society; classic Chinese garden with plants, architecture, water, and rocks; 2.4 hectares at the north end of the South Seattle Community College campus
- Discovery Pk: Friends of Discovery Park; defending Discovery Park, an urban forest in the Magnolia Neighborhood of Seattle
- Downtown: Downtown Seattle Association; promotes the shopping, dining, pro sports, arts, and culture in downtown Seattle
- Ebey's Landing: Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve; 64 square kilometer historical reserve with a mixture of federal, state, county and private property; preserved for its historic essence; Whidbey Island
- Farmers Mkts: Seattle Neighborhood Farmers Markets; direct-sale opportunities for local farmers
- Forests: Pacific Northwest Region of the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service; National Forests, a National Scenic Area, a National Grassland, and two National Volcanic Monuments, within the States of Oregon and Washington
- Fremont: Neighborhood, self-proclaimed Center of the Universe; information, opinion, business directory
- Historic: National Register of Historic Places Seattle; shows a list of over three dozen historic sites in Seattle each of which has a brief description and photo
- Klondike NHP: Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park--Seattle Unit; a small museum showing the role Seattle played in the Klondike Gold Field rush of the 19th century; hopeful miners provisioned themselves in Seattle with food, clothing, equipment, pack animals, and steamship tickets
- Locks Canal: Lake Washington Ship Canal and Hiram M. Chittenden Locks; canal connecting Lake Union, Lake Washington, and Puget Sound; visitor center; fish ladder
- Libraries List: area libraries; provided by Libweb; gives link to official Web site and information link; includes academic, public, and special libraries
- Library Seattle: Seattle Public Library
- Library King Co: King County Library System
- Library Metaphysical: collection of metaphysical and spiritual materials; open to the public; non-affiliated, non-profit resource center; personal transformation; formerly known as the AS-YOU-LIKE-IT Library
- Mt Rainier NP: Mount Rainier National Park; 950 square kilometers of wilderness, old growth forest, wildflower meadows, National Historic Landmark District, glaciers; includes 4,392-meter active volcano Mt Rainier
- Neighborhoods: City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods; information about Seattle's neighborhoods
- Neighborhood Link: searchable directory of neighborhoods and clubs; find local neighborhood, club, and organization information
- Net Cafes: List of places with public Internet access; from cybercafes.com
- N Cascades NP: North Cascades National Park Service Complex and Skagit River Watershed; 2,769 square kilometers; peaks, glaciers; North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake and Lake Chelan National Recreation Areas
- NW Seaport: Northwest Seaport Maritime Heritage Center; preservation and interpretation of the maritime heritage of Puget Sound and the Northwest Coast; maritime educational programs
- Olympic NP: Olympic National Park; old-growth forest wilderness; 3,700 square kilometers of wilderness, temperate rain forest, rivers, mountains, seashore, biota, and sites of historic and archeological significance
- Pac Science Ctr: Pacific Science Center; appreciation of science, mathematics and technology through interactive exhibits and programs
- Parks King Co: King County Parks and Recreation
- Parks Seattle: Seattle Parks and Recreation
- Parks WA: Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission; over 1,000 square kilometers of parklands all over Washington, many near Seattle and Puget Sound
- Pike Place Mkt: Pike Place Market Preservation & Development Authority; provides information about the Pike Place Public Market and events; Pike Place Market images: entrance, Rachel the pig, fish
- Pioneer Sq: Pioneer Square; twenty city blocks downtown of historic buildings, galleries, retail, and nightlife; Pioneer Square Community Association
- San Juan NHP: San Juan Island National Historical Park; 7 square kilometers on San Juan Island
- Seattle Ctr: Multi-use civic center; where the space needle is; entertainment, tourism, displays, special events, festivals, monorail station; basketball and hockey; KeyArena, Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Nesholm Family Lecture Hall, Fisher Pavilion, Exhibition Hall, Northwest Rooms, Grounds & Mural Ampitheatre, Seattle Center Pavilion, Center House
- Skyscrapers: skyscrapers of Seattle; shows information about major office and other buildings
- Space Needle: 222 meter tower; observation tower in Seattle Center; built for the 1962 Century 21 Exposition in Seattle; now an icon symbolic of Seattle itself
- VR Seattle: Virtual Tour of Seattle; Quicktime VR images of hundreds of locations throughout Seattle and Washington State
- Visitor's Bureau: Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau; official tourist information
- W Sea Junction: West Seattle Junction; business district of West Seattle neighborhood at the intersection of Alaska Avenue and California Avenue
- Zoo Pt Defiance: Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium; overlooking Puget Sound
- Zoo Woodland: Woodland Park Zoo; 26 hectares of exhibits and public spaces
Venues: Places for performances, concerts, athletics, conventions, tradeshows, gatherings
- Bell Harbor Ctr: Bell Harbor International Conference Center; 9,290 square meters of waterfront meeting and banquet space
- Behnke Ctr: Behnke Center for Contemporary Performance; two theaters; a 350 to 500 seat Mainstage Theater and a 100-seat Studio Theater
- Broadway Hall: Broadway Performance Hall; theatre, dance, music, film
- Convention Ctr: Washington State Convention & Trade Center; downtown convention center
- Fifth Ave Theater: Historic theater; 5th Avenue Theatre Association; performing arts; the American Musical
- Kenyon Hall: Performing arts hall; formerly Hokum Hall
- KeyArena: Sports and entertainment; at Seattle Center; Sonics basketball; seats 17,072 for basketball; formerly called Seattle Center Coliseum
- Meany Theater: Hall for the Performing Arts; University of Washington, Seattle
- Paramount Theater: Historic theater; dance, music, film, theatre and arts education; home of Paramount's Mighty Wurlitzer unique pipe organ; Moore Theater
- Safeco Field: Home of the Seattle Mariners professional baseball team; first game July 15, 1999; moveable roof
- Seattle Ctr: Multi-use civic center; where the space needle is; venues: KeyArena, Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Nesholm Family Lecture Hall, Fisher Pavilion, Exhibition Hall, Northwest Rooms, Grounds & Mural Ampitheatre, Seattle Center Pavilion, Center House
- Qwest Field: Home of the Seattle Seahawks professional football team; and exhibition center; formerly known as Seahawks Stadium
- Town Hall: Community culture center; on First Hill; music, arts and humanities, civic discourse, and world culture programming; historic Roman-revival-style building
Housing: Find a place to stay or live in Seattle
- Apartments: Apartment Insider; Seattle apartments, condos, townhomes or rental houses
- Bed & Breaks: Seattle Bed and Breakfast Association; association of independently owned, inspected, and professionally operated Bed and Breakfast Inns located close to downtown Seattle and the Pike Place Market
- Lodging Guide: Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau
- 1st Sea Hotels: Discount hotels; book a property near the center of Seattle or on the outskirt of the town, Bellevue, Renton or Kent
- Rent.com: Search for apartments using database from rent.com; Seattle & vicinity; referral reward; roommate search; moving center; list your residential property
- Rentals: Seattle Rentals; apartments, condos or rental houses
- Seattle Reps: Seattle Real Estate Professionals; helps consumers identify and evaluate real estate professionals; real estate agents, home inspection, mortgage
- Seattle Listings: Multiple Listing Service; real estate listings in Washington
- -USA Housing-: National lodging and housing directories; there are national directories you can use to locate area lodging or housing
Dining: Find a place to eat in Seattle
- Seattle Dining: Guide to restaurants in Puget Sound
- Seattle Times: Restaurants; reviews and guide from daily newspaper
- Seattle Weekly: Food section from local magazine
- -USA Dining-: National Dining directories; you can use this link to locate restaurants in the area that may not be listed in the local guides
Museums: Displays of objects; includes educational activities related to displays of objects related to art, history, culture, nature, or science; museums function to acquire, preserve, exhibit, and interpret objects
- Art SAM: Seattle Art Museum; downtown art museum; noted Asian, African, Northwest Coast Native American, modern art, and European painting and decorative arts
- Art Bellevue: Bellevue Arts Museum; craft and design; emphasis on regional craft artists; plenty of free parking
- Art CoCA: Center on Contemporary Art; new and experimental artwork; on Capitol Hill between Pike and Union
- Art Frye: Frye Art Museum; representational art; emphasis on painting and sculpture from the nineteenth century to the present; on First Hill above downtown Seattle
- Art Henry: Henry Art Gallery; art museum of the University of Washington; modern and contemporary art
- Art Kirkland: Kirkland Arts Center; serves Eastside arts community; classes, workshops, gallery exhibits and special events in a historic building
- Art MoNA: Museum of Northwest Art; art of the Pacific Northwest; Benaroya Glass Gallery
- Asian: Wing Luke Asian Museum; Asian Pacific American culture, art, and history
- Childrens: Children's Museum Seattle; offers interactive exhibits; in Center House in Seattle Center
- Communications: Museum of Communications; formerly called the Vintage Telephone Equipment Museum; presents the history of the telephone and central office switches; sponsored by Charles B. Hopkins Chapter 30 of the TelecommPioneers, formerly called the Telephone Pioneers of America
- EMP: Experience Music Project; interactive music museum; exhibits as well as live music performances; explores American popular music
- Flight: Museum of Flight; air and space museum at Boeing Field; displays of aircraft, aircraft assemblies, and artifacts; Champlin Fighter Collection of historic (many WWI and WWII) aircraft; Mercury space capsule; former Air Force One (Eisenhower); SR-71 Blackbird cockpit; F/A-18 cockpit; 737 fuselage; 747 prototype; the Red Barn, the headquarters of the original Boeing Airplane Company
- MOHAI: Seattle Museum of History & Industry; history of Seattle and King County
- Hydroplane & Raceboats: Welcome to the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum; powerboat racing; vintage hydroplane boats spanning seven decades, including boats that have won Gold Cups
- Log House: Log House Museum; the history of the Duwamish Peninsula and the birthplace of Seattle
- Maritime CWB: Center for Wooden Boats; maritime museum; boat restoration; boat rentals; sailing classes; on the south end of Lake Union
- Maritime NWSeaport: Northwest Seaport Maritime Heritage Center; maritime heritage of Puget Sound and the Northwest Coast; south end of Lake Union
- Maritime Odyssey: Odyssey Maritime Discovery Center; Puget Sound and North Pacific commercial fishing, shipping, trade, transportation, recreation, and marine protection; pier 66, the Bell Street Pier, on Seattle's central waterfront
- Maritime Puget: Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society; the maritime heritage of the Pacific Northwest
- Natural Burke: Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture; the State museum of natural and cultural history; totem poles, hand-carved cedar canoes; extensive online exhibits; University of Washington campus
- Nordic: Nordic Heritage Museum; Nordic immigration to America and settlement in the Pacific Northwest; Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden; language classes and cultural center; in the Ballard neighborhood
- Police: Seattle Metropolitan Police Museum; history of northwest law enforcement; in Seattle's Pioneer Square
- Railway: Northwest Railway Museum; steam and diesel locomotives, freight cars, passenger cars, maintenance of way equipment; 8 kilometer segment of historic railroad; a 19th-century train station; in Snoqualmie, Washington
- SciFi: Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame; celebrates imaginative, speculative fiction and art; noted artifacts include Asimov first editions, pulp magazines, Captain Kirk's chair; co-located with Experience Music Project near the Space Needle
- Soundbridge: Soundbridge Seattle Symphony Music Discovery Center; musical storytelling, instrument exploration, classes, student recitals, lectures, workshops and exhibits; located in Benaroya Hall on Second Avenue at Union Street

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