The Center for Wooden Boats
Museum and docks only until boat rentals resume on March 20, 2027.
Free-to-enter wooden boat museum on Lake Union with a boatshop and historic small craft on the docks, open Wednesday to Sunday; boat rentals are paused until March 2027.
Ways to visit
Museum and docks (self-guided) Open
Winter hours run October 21, 2026 to March 19, 2027, with a closure from December 14, 2026 to January 1, 2027.
- What you see
- Exhibits, Groundscwb.org, 2026-11-05
- How
- Walk incwb.org, 2026-11-05
- When
- MonTueWedThuFriSatSunWinter: Wednesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (museum only), from October 21, 2026 to March 19, 2027. Closed November 26 and from December 14, 2026 to January 1, 2027.Season: (Open all year; hours lengthen from March 20 when boat rentals resume.)Closed: 2026-11-26, 2026-12-14 to 2027-01-01Calendar ↗cwb.org, 2026-11-05
- Booking
- Not required · same day possible · on siteVisitors are welcome in the education center and on the docks during regular hours.cwb.org, 2026-11-05
- Cost
- FreeAdmission is always free; boat rentals, classes and charters cost extra and are not covered here.cwb.org, 2026-11-05
- Requirements
- None stated.
About
The Center for Wooden Boats sits in Lake Union Park and is made up of the Wagner Education Center and floating structures that include a boathouse and a boatshop. Admission is free, and visitors can go into the education center and along the docks during regular hours. It also teaches sailing and boatbuilding and rents boats in the warmer months, but rentals are paused for winter.
Run by: The Center for Wooden Boats.
Getting there
1010 Valley St, Seattle, WA, 98109
Inside Lake Union Park at South Lake Union, with the Wagner Education Center on shore and the Boathouse and Floating Boatshop on the water.
The pin marks the site itself, not necessarily the entrance (47.62639, -122.33583). Apple Maps directions go to the street address instead. Show on our map · Google Maps · Apple Maps
Last checked 2026-11-05. Sources are listed below.
Sources
- cwb.org · official page · read 2026-11-05For: name
- wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q5059… · Wikidata · read 2026-11-05For: location
- cwb.org/hourslocations · official page · read 2026-11-05For: street address; Museum and docks (self-guided): open or closed; Museum and docks (self-guided): what you see; Museum and docks (self-guided): kind of visit; Museum and docks (self-guided): days and hours; Museum and docks (self-guided): booking; Museum and docks (self-guided): cost; Museum and docks (self-guided): requirements
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