📅 Saturday, December 14th, 2024
🕓 4 – 7 pm
📍 Pacific Bonsai Museum: 2515 S 336th Street, Federal Way
💰 $12 suggested donation
🚗 Free parking available, use East Gate entry
The Pacific Bonsai Museum opens its doors at night just twice a year, and this winter edition transforms their outdoor collection into an enchanting after-dark experience. Curator Aarin Packard has crafted new light installations that illuminate these miniature masterpieces in surprising ways.
What’s special this year:
- 🕯 New bonsai-specific light installations highlighting the collection
- 🛒 Local vendor market for unique holiday shopping
- ☕ Complimentary hot chocolate for all visitors
- 🚦Twinkly lights throughout the museum grounds
Pro tips:
- ♿ Wheelchair accessible with two dedicated parking spots
- 🥶 Bundle up—this outdoor event happens rain or shine
- 👞 Wear waterproof, sturdy shoes for the gravel paths
- 👣 The display loop is about 800 feet long
@theticketsea 🌲 Night at the museum… in the woods 🌳 The Pacific Bonsai Museum, primarily outdoors and sited in a forest adjacent to the former Weyerhaeuser Campus, offers an experience different from other museums—especially at night. Where else can you walk through a curated collection of miniature living masterpieces while stars shine above you? Opened in 1989 as a private collection belonging to Weyerhaeuser, the plants were gifted to the newly created Pacific Bonsai Museum in 2013. While regularly open to visitors Tuesdays to Sundays from 10 am to 4 pm, the museum opens after dark just two times each year. Once around the summer solstice and again around the winter solstice. The nighttime events are BYOL (Bring Your Own Light) and free — though there is a suggested donation of $12. Whether you visit day or night, the museum is a memorable experience and well worth the trip to the South Sound. #pacificbonsaimuseum #southsound #thingstodoinseattle #washingtonstate ♬ original sound – TheTicketSeattle
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