The hot shop sits inside a 90-foot tilted steel cone on the waterfront; you sit in tiered seating and watch a team actually make something, narrated, for as long as you like. The Chihuly Bridge of Glass crosses the interstate to connect the museum with downtown and the Washington State History Museum.
Forty minutes south of Seattle, and a genuinely different city rather than a suburb. Pairs well with Point Defiance Park.
What our drivers would tell you
- The Bridge of Glass is free and outdoors — worth ten minutes even if you skip the museum.
- On a cruise day this only works from Pier 66 with an all-aboard after 4pm.
DriveAbout 40 min each way
Hot shopLive, all day
Time we allow2 hours
IndoorsYes
Where it is
On these tours
- ✓Tacoma & the Museum of Glass — 5h, from $675
Nearby, and often on the same day
What else fits around Museum of Glass, Tacoma.
2h 15mSnoqualmie Falls
A 268-foot waterfall forty minutes from downtown, with a lodge on the lip.
4h 00mWoodinville wine country
Washington's wine in one valley, thirty minutes from the city, all of it indoors.
3h 50mBoeing Future of Flight
The largest building in the world by volume, with a tour that goes inside it.
2h 40mBainbridge Island
A ferry ride, a harbour town, and the skyline from the water on the way back.
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