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Hands On Children's Museum

This $9-million facility is the ne plus ultra of interactive fun for kids. Highlights include a climbable eagle's nest – a slide tumbles down from here to the Puget Sound interpretative area, where there's an underwater world and a crane-lift port. Open until 9pm on the first Friday of each month.

The WET (Water Education & Technology) Science Center next door (open 10am to 4pm Monday to Saturday) is dedicated to water-reclamation education (and has an artificial creek to play in). Admission is free.

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