Explore the History of Seattle and the Puget Sound Region

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Museum Activities

Relax at the Café

Indulge your taste buds at the Gourmondo at MOHAI Café during your museum visit, where you can savor a variety of sandwiches, salads, snacks, pastries, and refreshing beverages. Indoor and outdoor seating available seasonally.

MOHAI Mercantile

Visit our store inside MOHAI to shop gifts, books, toys, jewelry, and souvenirs from over 100 local authors and artists. Museum admission is not required to shop.

Idea Lab

Learn about historic innovations, build skills for innovation, and let your imagination soar with monthly activities for the young and young at heart.

Discovery Packs

Go on a journey throughout the museum and investigate history in fun new ways. Best suited for children 3-10 years of age and available in English or Spanish.

Museum Programs

Interior of MOHAI Grand Atrium showing Boeing B-1 and the Rainier
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Explore MOHAI

Rediscover our region’s history and immerse yourself in the lives and stories that made the Puget Sound the unique place it is today.

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Children engaging with exhibit in the Grand Atrium at MOHAI in downtown Seattle, WA.
Education

Engage Your Students

MOHAI’s wide range of hands-on, educational programs make local history come alive for students at every grade level. Diverse offerings include on-site museum field trips, off-site Portable Museum rentals, and digital experiences, with scholarship funding support available for those that qualify.

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MOHAI members enjoy the terrace overlooking Lake Union in downtown Seattle, WA.
Join and Support

Become a Member Today

MOHAI relies on the generosity of donors and members in order to strengthen the community through programs, exhibits, and the preservation of our shared history.

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2023 Curator's Fellow Linda Lee, wearing purple gloves, examines artifacts from MOHAI's collection.
Collections and Research

Explore Our Collections

MOHAI’s expansive collection of artifacts, images, archival materials, and oral histories totals over 6.5 million items, although only a portion are on exhibit at the museum.

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