Plan Your Visit
Special Winter Activities All Season Long
Celebrate and explore with your friends and family at PacSci over the holiday season. Create art, try immersive group VR experiences, and be among the first to try experimental and emerging technologies all December long.
Winter Hours
- December 23: Open 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
- December 24: Open 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
- December 25: PacSci and IMAX closed
- December 26 – January 5, 2020: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Activities and Experiences

Planetarium
Ongoing
Blast-off to the outer reaches of the universe and explore planets in our live, immersive shows. Special, winter-themed presentations of Winter Skies are showing throughout December.
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Warm Up in the Tropical Butterfly House
Step into the Tropical Butterfly House and experience a special world with hundreds of free flying butterflies and colorful, fragrant flowers.
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Tinker Tank
Ongoing
Create miniature ugly sweaters, a cardboard gingerbread city, snowy stop motion animations, and decorate the Tinker Tank with lights!
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Early Access Beta: Expedition Titan
Be the first to try this cutting edge VR experience while helping and giving feedback to one of our Startups in Residence.
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Visit PacSci as a Group
Bring the spirit of the season to life for your group. Schedule a group reservation for 10 or more with advance reservations.
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Give the Gift of Curiosity
Purchase a Gift Membership, the gift that keeps on giving.
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Special Events
Experience SNOWZONE
December 21 – January 5, 2020
Experience the magic of winter like never before and step into an artistic light and sound installation with snow.
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Laser Winter Magic
Ongoing
See and afternoon show of Laser Winter Magic and experience a playlist celebrating all that winter brings in the Northwest.
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Snowball Fights
December 21 – January 5, 2020
Challenge your friends and family to a snowball fight in SNOWZONE! Snowball fights occur daily at at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
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Spectra
December 31, 9 p.m.
Set your New Year’s Eve ablaze at Spectra, the most sensational New Year’s Eve party in Seattle!
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Back from the Brink
Ongoing
Experience on the giant screen the remarkable true story of three animal species rescued from the brink of extinction. Learn more
Model Railroad Show
January 18-20, 2020
All aboard! Meet dozens of model railroaders and experience these magical displays.
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Members Get More
- Unlimited admission for a full year.
- Members-only events like previews of new documentaries, after-hours open houses and planetarium shows.
- Passes for guests, IMAX® documentaries and laser shows.
- Members-only discounts at the Café, Store and on programs like camps, birthday parties and 21+ events.
- And much more!