Here is a sampling of some of the group tour opportunities available! For more information or other unique opportunities, please feel free to contact us!

Museum of Flight

9404 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, WA 98108. Open seven days a week from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. On the first Thursday of each month, the Museum remains open until 9:00 p.m. The Airpark is open 11:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, May 5, 2007 through Tuesday, September 4, 2007. For the remaining months of the year, the Airpark is open from 11:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Museum of Flight Store-Open during regular gallery hours, the Store features top-quality flight-related gifts, apparel, books, models, and educational toys.

Accessibility -The Museum of Flight is an ADA compliant facility. A limited number of wheelchairs are available at the Admissions Desk. Elevators serve all floors. All restrooms are wheelchair accessible. Complimentary Guided Tours-Knowledgeable, enthusiastic Museum docents provide tours that can make your visit even more enjoyable. Tours are available throughout the day. Films-Three theaters show a variety of film programs daily. Please consult the schedule outside the William M. Allen Theater in the lobby. Photography-Non-commercial photography and video recording are permitted. Admission Prices are Adults(18-64) $14, Adult Groups* or Seniors(65+) $13, *Groups – 10 or more paid visitors paying in on transaction.

Contact Meagan McGuire
(206) 764-5720
grouptours@museumofflight.org

The Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum

5917 South 196th Street, Kent, WA 98032. Tuesday: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, Thursday: 10:00 am to 10:00 pm, and Saturday: 10 am to 4:00 pm

Truly a one-of-a-kind adventure, the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum (Kent, WA) will entertain hydro racing enthusiasts for hours. The museum has restored over a dozen of the most popular racing boats ever to grace the waterways. Their library includes 200+ hours of rare and vintage racing footage and it serves as the primary resource of articles, books, news clippings, trophies and race programs that date back as far as any Hydroplane racing fan can remember.

Contact the Museum Director by Phone: 206.764.9453 or at ddw@thunderboats.org

Theo Chocolate

3400 Phinney Ave. N. Seattle, WA 98103. Open seven days a week from 10am to 6pm.

As true chocolate makers, they carefully steward our cacao (cocoa beans) through the process of roasting, blending and conching in order to coax out the distinctive flavor imparted by each unique growing region. Theo is proud to be the first roaster of Fair Trade Certified™ cocoa beans and the only roaster of organic cocoa beans in the United States

Public tours are available seven days a week at 1pm and 3pm, plus an additional 11am tour on Saturdays and Sundays. The tour is $5 per person ages 5 and older. Reservations are recommended. To make a reservation please call (206) 632-5100. Private tours are available by appointment and require a $100 minimum ($10 per person). We also have space available in our factory for private events. Please contact us for details.

For additional information regarding private tours and events please contact Dana Kemmerling at (206) 632-5100 or dkemmerling@theochocolate.com.

Castle Bridge Winery

7645 S 180 ST, Kent, WA 98032
(425) 251-0983

Boeing Factory

8415 Paine Field Blvd., Mukilteo, WA 98275. Open 7 days a week from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Boeing Company reserves the right to cancel tours at any time for Boeing company business or emergencies.

The 73,000-square-foot Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour is one of Western Washington's major attractions you won't want to miss. It features the only public tour of a commercial jet assembly plant in North America. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis, and tend to go rapidly June-September. Children must be 4 feet (122 cm) tall to go on the tour. Website to book tour in advance and more information about Boeing Field Tours http://www.futureofflight.org/groupstour.html#TravelProfessionals

For reservations, call 360-756-0086 or toll free, 1-800-464-1476, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Pacific Time). You can also make reservations online. Non-reserved tickets are sold on site for same day use, beginning at 8:30 a.m. until all tickets for the day are gone. Visitors may pick up tickets for any tour during the day. Contact everett.tourcenter@boeing.com

Safeco Field

1250 1st Ave S, Seattle, WA. April 1 - October 31 times: 10:30, 12:30, 2:30 on days when there are no games. On days when there are games at 6 p.m. or later, only the 10:30 and 12:30 tours will be given. Tours will not be given on day games. November 1 - March 31 times: 12:30, 2:30 Dates: Tuesday through Sunday. Holiday times may vary, so please call ahead for details. There are no tours on Mondays, however, group tours may be scheduled based on demand.

Safeco Field is the fabulous new home of the Seattle Mariners. Guests are treated to a 19.59-acre outdoor baseball park with real grass and a retractable roof. Tour one of the premier baseball facilities ever built, including areas of the ballpark that are not normally open to the public: press box, luxury suites, field, dugout and visitor's clubhouse. Cameras welcome! (All areas are subject to availability depending on activities within the ballpark.) Tours are approximately one hour in duration and cover a walking distance of one mile. Adults $8, seniors (65 & older) $7, children (ages 3-12) $6, children (2 & under) free.

Groups of 20 or more can schedule private tours at a discounted rate. Contact our tour coordinator at (206) 346-4241 to schedule your group tour.

Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection

33663 Weyerhaeuser Way S., Federal Way, WA 98003. March 1 – September 30: Friday – Wednesday: 10am – 4 pm (Closed Thursday). October 1 – February 28: Saturday – Wednesday: 11am – 4pm (Closed Thursday & Friday).

The Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection is an outdoor museum of living art featuring 60 outstanding bonsai from China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Canada and the United States elegantly displayed in a beautiful woodland setting. Admission is FREE

Fun fact: View the smallest trees at one of the world’s largest forest products companies located in Federal Way, Washington. The Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection offers a guided tour every Sunday, or you may enjoy a self-guided tour; description signs are provided at each display

Contact (253) 924.5206 or bonsai@weyerhaeuser.com

The Nelsen House

15643 W. Valley Hwy, Tukwila, WA 98188. Tours by appointment only.

The Nelsen Family Historical Residence Trust was established by Miss Helen Nelsen (1906-1996) in order to preserve a piece of Tukwila’s history for the educational benefit of future generations. The large home, built in 1905 by James and Mary Nelsen, is maintained and preserved under the Trust as a non-profit organization in recognition of its architectural and historical significance. The residence and grounds are a rich historical, as well as beautiful, asset to the community of Tukwila Washington and shall remain to remind and educate us about the rich agricultural and architectural past of the Valley and those who worked diligently to settle it.

Available for small tours by appointment only. Contact (206) 271-6535

Highline SeaTac Botanical Gardens 

13735 24th Ave S, SeaTac, WA. The garden is open from dawn to dusk every day of the year.

The Highline SeaTac Botanical Garden covers 10.5 acres of display gardens, woodlands, and trails reclaimed from a suburban brownfield. Highlights of the currently developed 2 acres include the recently relocated Seike Japanese Garden, "Elda Behm's Paradise Garden", and display gardens planted and maintained by the King County Iris Society, Puget Sound Daylily Club, and Seattle Rose Society. Projects currently in the design or construction phase include a Backyard Wildlife Habitat Demonstration Garden and an Accessible Garden near the new SeaTac Senior Center. Docent-guided tours are given for groups of ten or more. Charge for docent-guided tours is $3.50/person, except for HBGF members who are part of the tour group. Members are admitted free of charge.

To arrange a docent-guided tour of the garden, contact John Parker at (206) 824-7222.