Seattle Trip VII: Tacoma

We spent our next day in Tacoma. We first visited the Museum of Glass. There was a small gallery with a neat installation of sign glass letters that were movable and okay to touch. We had a lot of fun making our names until it was my turn. There was no J. Go figure.

We then went into the hot shop and watched them make a glass bowl. It looks like it is pretty hot and tedious for the beginning stages, but toward the end it goes a lot faster when they start blowing and shaping. There was a balcony directly above the kilns that you could walk on and watch the team working from above. So neat.

While I visited the gift shop for some Christmas ornaments, Patrick helped the girls in the kids studio. They made the daily craft. They have a cool program in which children submit drawings and once a month one is chosen to be translated into blown glass. Rachael drew a baby in a high chair.

We ate a picnic lunch at a small grassy area overlooking the water. After finally finding somewhere to park, we went to the Children's Museum of Tacoma. It was more of a super educational play place than a museum, but we were totally okay with that by this point. There were toys and props for building, dress ups, water play, climbing, and painting to name a few. The girls loved the butterfly wings and water areas. Rachael was very intent on painting wood. A staff person informed me that every night they wash the wood pieces off and start fresh the next day.