Tacoma dome concerts 2018 free#
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We walked into the museum, bought our tickets, and started at what ended up being our favorite area of the museum–the Hot Shop– where some of the artisans were doing live glass blowing. The Museum of Glass was on the top of my list, and I’m really glad we had time to visit! There are a couple of external exhibits on the way in, including the Fluent Steps exhibit, which looks like clear melting ice cubes in a shallow blue pool. The Chihuly Bridge terminates at the Museum of Glass, which includes an interesting cone surrounded by spiraling stairs down to the museum entrance.

Given the time of day we were there, the translucent wall behind the pieces had this lovely backlighting effect that really make their colors pop. My favorite part of the bridge was the Venetian Wall of equally sized compartments, each holding a unique piece of glass work. The Crystal Towers are two big, blue pillars of glass that look just like rock candy! They are visible from the highway as well as the nearby roads, helping you orient to the bridge and museum. We were especially interested in these clear glass cherubs that seemed to appear throughout-we didn’t remember seeing anything quite that intricate before, and they almost got lost among all the bright colors and large sizes of the other pieces. The Seaform Pavilion is similar to an exhibit at Chihuly Garden and just as fascinating-you walk under a ceiling of various, layered pieces of glass, each piece unique and each section unlike the others. All three feature the work of Dale Chihuly, which is also on display at the Chihuly Garden in Seattle and which Brian and I both highly recommend to everyone, even if you don’t like art or museums. There are three main areas to explore on the bridge: the Seaform Pavilion, the Crystal Towers and the Venetian Wall. We stayed along Commerce street so it was an easy walk down to Union Station and across the bridge to the Museum of Glass. Without further ado, here are a few of our recommended things to do in Tacoma.

We didn’t even come close to making it through my list, but we did have fun with the few things we were able to accomplish, and I now have a pre-populated list of things to do next time. Thankfully I had some magazines and brochures my parents had left us after they explored Tacoma (they beat us to it and they don’t even live here!!) to serve as a guide.

Tacoma dome concerts 2018 free#

While I was able to get the concert and train tickets booked in advance, I was pretty last-minute in pulling together a list of things to do in Tacoma to fill our free time. Instead of just driving down to the concert and back, we would have most of the day Saturday and all day on Sunday to finally explore downtown!

Tacoma dome concerts 2018 mac#

When I saw Fleetwood Mac was going on tour and performing at the Tacoma Dome, I booked us amazing seats relatively near the stage for the concert and roundtrip train tickets to Tacoma for the weekend. I’m embarrassed to say that despite living in the state of Washington for three years we have not made the hour-long drive south to explore Tacoma.