Best History Museum in Kirkland

"There are a lot of absorbing stories hiding in Seattle’s past, and this museum in Lake Union Park’s Naval Reserve Armory building is perfectly equipped to tell them. The Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) is a wonderful resource, with a collection of more than four million pieces, only 2% of which can be shown at one time The core exhibition is True Northwest: The Seattle Journey, a complete chronology for the city via 25 “snapshots”, packed with artefacts and photography. You can delve into specific events like the Great Seattle Fire of 1889, the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897, the foundation of Boeing in 1916 and the Red Scare Smith Act Trials of the 1950s."

"Opening hours: 10am to 5pm daily (10am to 8pm on Thursdays in July and August and every first Thursday of the month). Wish to know more about the city you’re visiting?. Seattle’s Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) offers you an insight into its rich and storied past."

"Discover Seattle’s rich history and explore its potential for the future at MOHAI. Permanent exhibits include Maritime Seattle, the Bezos Center for Innovation and True Northwest. The Kid-Struction Zone is a great place for kids to build and explore!"

"The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, also known as the Ballard Locks, are the United States' most-trafficked canal locks, located along Seattle's Lake Washington Ship Canal near the city's Ballard and Magnolia neighborhoods. The locks, which were opened in 1917 and named in honor of United States Army Major Hiram Martin Chittenden, were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. They are credited with reshaping vast areas of Seattle's waterfront coastline and changing the water level and flow direction of its lakes and rivers, allowing commercial and recreational vessels to traverse the city's harbor and warehouses."

"From full-service hair styling to aromatherapy and deep tissue massage, this Ballard establishment can meet your every beauty care and health spa need. If planning a Seattle spa day, be sure to check out Habitude’s seven care package options. Habitute at the Locks is two blocks west of AMLI Mark24."

"Also called the Ballard Locks, the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks were built to move boats from sea level up to the level of Lake Union. Check out the surrounding botanical garden and the semi-enclosed viewing area of the fish ladder, where salmon and steelhead move upstream."

"With its northern climate, ample waterways, and forests that reminded them of home, Seattle drew thousands of immigrants from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland in the late 19th century. Their stories come to life in this downtown Ballard museum, housed in a grand, light-filled building (new in 2018) as large as a Viking ship. Its galleries, arranged around a central “fjord,” explore the immigrant experience, the core values and heritage of the five Nordic countries, and contributions of Nordic-Americans."

"It’s only fair that a museum about some of the best countries in the world for design looks good. Outside, you have a facade with a monolithic quality to it, featuring a massive zinc wall. Inside, a manmade fjord is evoked, with bridges crossing it throughout the museum."

"Reason alone to come to Ballard – if the culinary scene and waterside parks weren’t enough – is this delightful surprise of a museum dedicated to Nordic history and culture. In 2018 the museum upgraded in size... Top ChoicePark in Ballard & Discovery Park"

"Living Computers Museum + Labs is the brainchild of Microsoft co-founder and Seattle resident Paul Allen. His dream was to provide one-of-a-kind hands-on computer technology experiences starting with the 1960s to today. The museum represents a complete history of computing and has the largest collection in the world of restored supercomputers, mainframes, microcomputers, and minicomputers – all usable."

"Dive straight into the world of technology at Living Computers Museum!. Living Computers Museum offers an amazing variety of modern and vintage technology exhibits. This unique museum also offers a hands-on experience with many of their computers such as their supercomputers, mainframes, minicomputers, and microcomputers."

"An entirely vegan ice cream and cookie shop first launched inside a mobile VW bus is newly open in brick-and-mortar form on Greenwood and 74th. There's a delicious coconut milk ice cream base and a huge range of baked and frozen treats made in house, so stop in for the adorable Milk & Cookies Happy Hour, Tuesday to Friday 3 to 5 p.m."

"There is nothing that says comfort food better than cookies and ice cream put together. The Seattle Cookie Counter truck does this invention justice with its creative and wacky flavors, some of which are Pistachio Marshmallow Pineapple, Cinnamon Toast Cereal, Honey Almond Fig, and Matcha Vanilla Bean."

"After years of running Le Gourmand with her husband, Sara Naftaly opened her own bakeshop in Chophouse Row, drawing from her British upbringing and years in France—croissants, a brownie macaron the size of a slider, sultana malt loaf smeared with butter. The shop itself has minimal seating, but go up the rear stairs and you’ll find the perfect laptop-working hideaway on the mezzanine. Amandine shares its space with Empire Espresso, where the housemade cashew milk latte is straight-up decadent."

"To owner-baker Sara Naftaly, this toasty, chewy-sweet loaf is “a bundle of nostalgia.” Even for those who didn’t grow up with British teatimes, the sultana-studded quick bread still evokes warmth and comfort, flavored with “extra-malty wheat,” barley, and subtle surprises like black tea. Naftaly suggests toasting slices and spreading them with “the highest quality butter you can find” (Breton if you’ve got it) along with a little flake salt."

"Guy at counter was very pleasant and very good customer service!!. He sold me two dozen doughnuts one box for my mom and kids the other for me and my clie..."

"This cozy bakery on Phinney, across from the zoo, houses an actual brick-and-mortar operation for pie maestro Chris Porter, who spent his first years creating pies for delivery only. That’s how he built his reputation for exquisite pie—tart key lime, the apple and ginger and pear, the coconut-kissed blueberry—all encased in careful, glorious, buttery crusts. A slightly larger location in West Seattle adds a lineup of savory pies and tarts, housemade ice creams (boozy shakes!), and dinner service."

"International DistrictFilipino-sourced coffee, infused with Filipino flavorsAfter catapulting to local fame with the brilliant purple miniature ube cheesecakes served from her Ballard bakery, Chera Amlag expanded on her talent for weaving the Filipino flavors she grew up with into new culinary places. Along with her signature desserts and new savory treats like bitter melon quiche, the cafe serves coffee from Kalsada, which sources from the Philippines, and Fulcrum, which sources from around Asia. House-made syrups inform the specialty drinks, including the calamansi espresso tonic and pandan latte."

"Navigate the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it entryway into this Ballard bakeshop to see brilliant patterns of ube jam decorating amethyst-hued rounds of cheesecake. The purple ube yam is just one of the Filipino classics championed by Chera Amlag, who owns the shop with husband Geo Quibuyen (aka rapper Prometheus Brown). Even if you didn’t grow up with ube, this creamy cheesecake has all the universal appeal of the classic version, with a refreshingly lighter mouthfeel and some extra oomph."