Travel back to the Qin Dynasty of China – visit the Terracotta Warriors Exhibit at the Pacific Science Center!
The first timed entrance to the exhibit is open at 10:15am – 6:00pm (exhibit closes at 7:30pm).
This exhibit shows how a few pieces of pottery, dating back 2,200 years, led to the discovery of the untouched tomb of the First Emperor of China.
Throughout the exhibit, we learned about the first emperor and how he united his vast kingdom. As we continued, we learned about the cultural significance and process of building the terracotta warriors.
The discovery revealed that Qin dynasty culture and technology was much more extravagant and detailed compared to other dynasties. Bronze chariots, exotic animals, weapons, and many other artifacts have been found. The entire burial ground took over 700,000 laborers to create and was meant to serve and protect the emperor in the afterlife.
Each life-sized warrior is unique; the warriors have different facial features as well as varying hairstyles, clothing and arm positioning.
The exhibition is interactive – we really enjoyed hands-on activities such as reassembling a warrior or a piece of armor. The screen pictured below shows how the paint on the exterior of the terracotta warriors has changed over time.
We highly recommend visiting this exhibit – it’s on display now through September 4, 2017. Ride the Seattle Center Monorail which provides fast, direct transportation between Westlake Station and Pacific Science Center.
Rider Alerts
Seattle Center Monorail is operating with reduced service. If you’d like to learn more about our COVID-19 safety measures. Learn more here.
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Seattle Center Monorail is operating with limited hours of service:
Daily: 10:30am-6:30pm
Monorail is currently accepting ORCA cards and credit/debit cards. Monorail is not accepting cash in order to reduce the transmission for germs.
*Please check our “Rider Alerts” for schedule changes. Closed Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
Ticket Prices
All prices are one-way:
$3.00 Adult (age 19-64)
$1.50 Youth (age 6-18)
$1.50 for Reduced Rate(Seniors 65+, disabled, persons with Medicare cards, U.S. military with ID, ORCA LIFT cards accepted)
Children 5 and under ride free
We accept credit/debit cards and ORCA cards. Credit cards incur 3.7% fee.
How to Buy Tickets
In Person at Monorail Platforms at both the Seattle Center & Westlake Mall locations
Use Your ORCA Card Seattle Center Monorail accepts all ORCA cards as a fare payment option.
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