Museum of History & Industry

This was fun! We came in expecting to be in and out. We ended up spending three hours checking out the displays! I love PNW history and this museum covered the spectrum. I really liked the railroad history and the history of the scenes right out the windows. The displays are beautiful and well constructed.

It's worth bringing the whole family, there's something for everyone!

I went here for the Lego exhibit specifically. I bought tickets online. Kids are free with adult admission. For military, seniors, and students, it's slightly cheaper - $20 vs $25.

It's a small museum and the Lego stuff was even smaller. I took the advice of most reviewers and went on a Sunday to avoid parking fees.

The Lego thing was just a single room with a few Lego built buildings and a couple tables where you can create your own but the building blocks were basic.

There's not much around that area but some water. We spent about an hour, if that. The kids were bored. I wanted to explore more but the kids were getting antsy and there's not much for smaller kids.

Took my 5 yo for his first visit and he had a great time. He's pretty into engineering-ish topics, so it was bound to be a good time. He enjoyed the special Lego exhibit, but was equally excited by the ship periscope, the historical areas, and the "kidstruction" area (which is probably most appealing for ages 3-6).

He even says he likes it more than Museum of Flight, which is pretty lofty praise.

If I could change one thing, I'd move the dials that control the central display of Seattle artifacts backwards, so that little kids can actually see what they're doing.

Adults are pretty expensive at $25, but kids 14 and under are free so for the two of us it was reasonable and good value for the money.

Fantastic museum, community space, and organization. I really like the large exhibit on Seattle history. I spent hours there looking at everything, and I am still interested to go back. Plus, there are other rotating exhibits that are great. The location is beautiful, right on the shore of Lake Union. Highly recommended.

This museum is meh. Lots of reading, some artifacts, nothing super interesting or noteworthy. Not great for kids. Look elsewhere for a family activity.

A small, intimate museum that we spent 1-2 hours in with a 2-year-old toddler. There are lots of information on the history of Seattle, and how technology and industry have impacted the city. There are some interactive stuff for my son (lots of wheels to turn), as well as kid's play area on the third floor.

There is a decent gift shop in the lobby, and a cafeteria that sell hot food. The sitting area is spacious and has a good view of Lake Union. It's a good way to pass time on a rainy day, and it's great for people who want to learn more about the history and industry of Seattle.

Small but very interesting museum about the seattle history and innovation (amazon, Microsoft, Boeing, Costco etc) located in south lake Union SLU . Close to google and amazon campuses.

Beautiful antique material from the old Wild West & memorabilia from the post war. With permanent and changing exhibits. Renewed the 3rd floor with kids area.

Great area for also see water airplanes water land in SLU

Even at student prices, this museum is overpriced for what it is.

Real talk, it's worth about $10-$15 a person entrance, max. Much of the history isn't laid out in a way that is particularly interesting and the air quality in several sections is questionable, so if you have allergies this is not the museum for you.

The music area is by far the most interesting and well done, but it's relegated to simply an alcove. I would have loved to have seen them have an entire hallway for the timeline of the Washington music scene, since I never realized many of my favorites (Brandi Carlile, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Heart) were from Washington.

The same went for the tech alcove. We have a computer history museum in the Bay Area and it's a hit, so I would have loved to have seen a tech timeline for Washington. Heck, even an REI or coffee timeline would have been more interesting than most of the second floor since they already had the first Starbucks sign.

All in all the Museum of History & Industry is just simply trying to be too many things at once and failing at being more than passably interesting at most of it. I personally would have preferred a focus on industry (music, clothing, food) and scrapped most of second floor, so in my opinion as it exists now the museum is pretty easily a pass.

I first came to this museum right when I moved to Seattle from Chicago and the review probably suffered from my sadness at leaving the museums of Chicago which are objectively amazing.

I came with my kiddo today for the Lego exhibit and was more impressed than I remembered and I'm not sure how much of that is me having changed and how much is the museum, but either way we had a great visit. The Lego exhibit wasn't even my 7yo's favorite part, tho we did enjoy it a lot.

Big props to whoever did the Seattle fire musical, that was amazing. We had a great time moving the boat through the locks and my kid was amazed at the activity where you move the hills and water to change the natural landscape of Seattle.

Hats off to the MOHAI, glad I gave you a second chance.

This museum is a must if you love learning about the history of Seattle Northwest, and the indigenous people. Also, there's a lot of information about the famous tech people and business innovators and musicians that have come from the Seattle area.