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FIFA World Cup 26™ is Coming to the Emerald City!

We are thrilled to welcome the world to Seattle as a host city for this global event

One of the most anticipated events in sports, FIFA World Cup 26™ will be hosted across North America with games in the US, Mexico, and Canada. Seattle is excited to host six matches from June 15-July 6.

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TRAVEL ADVISORIES

Visitors in the Downtown Seattle area may experience a planned Link light rail closure March 21-22, with shuttles replacing trains between the Capitol Hill and Stadium stations. Sound Transit has more details here.

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Visitors traveling though Seattle by car may encounter increased traffic during Interstate-5 upgrades.
More information is available via WSDOT’s Revive I-5 webpage.

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Upcoming Events

Tropical Pacific

Ongoing

Discover the vibrant array of life on a coral reef in the Pacific Ocean. The 25,000-gallon community exhibit …

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Priscilla Dobler Dzul: Water Carries the Stories of Our Stars

Now through 4/19/2026

This exhibition brings together an entirely new body of sculpture, textile, and video work to chart urgent stories …

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REMEMBRANCE: The Legacy of Executive Order 9066 in Washington State

Ongoing

This new long-term gallery explores the intergenerational impacts and legacy of the incarceration of people of Japanese descent …

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Deities and Demons: Supernatural in Japanese Art

Ongoing

Japanese folklore, Shinto (an indigenous religion that reveres nature), and Buddhism have furnished fascinating subjects and ideas for …

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Chihuly Garden and Glass

Ongoing

Located at Seattle Center, Chihuly Garden and Glass brings together all the elements of artist Dale Chihuly’s work, …

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Boren Banner Series: Camille Trautman

Now through 4/12/2026

In Camille Trautman’s first solo museum exhibition in their hometown, the Seattle-born Duwamish artist uses photography and video …

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Diego Cibelli: Fiori dei mei Habiti

Now through 5/10/2026

SAM’s ornate Porcelain Room features an evocative ceiling fresco, The Triumph of Valor over Time by the greatest …

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Baird’s beaked whale

Ongoing

The Burke Museum’s Baird’s beaked whale is one of about 10 Baird’s beaked whales in U.S. museum collections …

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Art and Life Along the Northwest Coast

Ongoing

Over their long habitation of the Pacific Northwest, First Peoples have shaped their lifeways around the resources of …

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