Take advantage of a great bargain during the month of August. Find out how kids can get in free when you visit Pacific Science Center! →Learn More

Visit us this weekend at Seattle's Bumbershoot Festival! Find us in the Kid's Pavilion, located in the Center House, all weekend from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Explore our hands-on Physics on Wheels exhibits with Science Center staff. Bring your whole family and enjoy some shocking fun with science!

Our next Science On Tap event focuses on one of nature's most incredible events: tsunamis. Mick Spillane from the UW's Joint Institute for the Study of Atmosphere and Ocean will be our speaker. His topic: "Tsunamis : Detection and a Model-Based, Real-Time Warning System." This eloquent scientist is an energetic, accessible, and knowledgeable communicator. Join us at →T.S. McHugh's Pub on Lower Queen Anne, 7:30 p.m. September 2. No experience necessary. Just bring your questions and thirst for discovery!

Summer is coming to a close, students are returning to class, and we're gearing up for our annual Haunted Hikes at the Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center. Space is limited so make your plans now! →Learn More

Pacific Science Center has been bitten by the Twitter bug and we're trying to increase our list of followers. So, sometime over the next couple of weeks we'll be giving away tickets to a variety of events and films. But the details will only be revealed via Twitter. So, →follow us and have a chance to win!

A spectacular new exhibit comes to Pacific Science Center this fall. It's the West Coast Premiere of Lucy's Legacy: The Hidden Treasures of Ethiopia and includes the original fossilized remains of the 3.2 million-year-old hominid known as Lucy, the oldest adult human ancestor fully retrieved from African soil. Other important discoveries will also be represented to complete the current account of human evolution as known to scientists today. →Learn More