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Family Events

Annual events include Bug Blast, Learning from Archaeology, Dinosaur Day, and more. Fun for the whole family!

June
2
Seattle Center

Science EXPO Day

Sat., June 2, 2012 | 10 am – 6 pm

The Burke Museum will join representatives from over 30 UW departments and businesses throughout the city for this FREE event, which features more than 150 family-friendly, hands-on experiments, exhibits, demonstrations, interactive activities, games and live performances. With over 130 exhibitors, two live science stages, there is something for the whole family to enjoy.

June
5
Pioneer Square

Seattle Science Festival Walk and Talk: Stories in Stone

Tues., June 5, 2012 | 5:30 – 7:30 pm

Two-hour tour begins at 5:30 p.m.

David Williams leads a 1.5-mile-long walk through downtown Seattle to discover fossils as large as cinnamon rolls, rock used by the Romans to build the Colosseum and stones ranging from 3.5-billion to 120,000-years-old. Along the way he will discuss history, geology, architecture and give you a new way to appreciate the urban wilds of Seattle.