3 Best Places To See in Tacoma, WA

“Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium is a 29-acre zoological park that was established in 1905 and attracts about 700,000 visitors a year. The 700-acre Point Defiance Park offers views of Mount Rainier and Puget Sound, with over 520 different animal species, a vintage carousel, and Zoolights. You can get an individual Zoo membership for $90 and a Combo membership for $160. Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium also provides space for birthdays, company events, reunions, and picnics. An expert staff biologist can introduce your group to one of the Zoo's resident animals and describe how they survive in the wild. The zoo is one of the most popular tourist destinations, bringing in over 600,000 visitors per year. Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium offers free admission for members and children aged two and under. Visitors can also get free parking.”

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“Museum of Glass is a 75,000-square-foot art museum that has a diverse indoor and outdoor glass-art exhibit, along with a cone-shaped studio with working artists. In its 16th year, the museum has built a reputation for hosting impactful, engaging artist residencies, organizing nationally traveling exhibitions in its galleries, and creating unique programs for its visitors. Each year, over 100,000 visitors explore the museum, sampling all it provides. The Hot Shop Amphitheater, located inside the 90-foot-tall steel cone, fulfills that description today. The museum was envisioned as a center that would nurture artists, celebrate the dramatic new Studio Glass movement, and encourage creativity. This vision is realized through the exhibitions in the galleries, the art installations on the outdoor plazas, the hands-on art studio, the museum’s diverse educational programs, and the Hot Shop. Museum of Glass offers free admission for children under 6 and members.”

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“LeMay America's Car Museum is designed to protect history and celebrate the world's automotive knowledge. The museum's collection consists of automotive artifacts, 250 automobiles spanning over 100 years of history, with approximately 100 cars on exhibit on loan from private collections. ACM is a stunning, four-level, 165,000-square-foot museum that features 12 rotating exhibits, five annual signature events, and an educational center for students of all ages. The spacious facility houses up to 350 trucks, cars, and motorcycles from corporations and private owners. The LeMay collection garnered a Guinness World Record of over 3,500 transports in the mid-'90s. The museum's premier event galleries overlook downtown Tacoma and Commencement Bay and can accommodate up to 500 guests. LeMay America's Car Museum offers free admission for children (5 and under) and ACM members.”

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