Places
Tacoma places, held to one standard
Restaurants, coffee shops, hotels, parks, attractions and shops all use the same review threshold. A listing appears here only once it carries a real address, coordinates, and an original written overview — never as a bare directory row.
Attractions
Editorial IllustrationChambers Bay
Chambers Creek
Championship links golf on the Puget Sound bluff in University Place
Editorial IllustrationChildren's Museum of Tacoma
Downtown Tacoma
Downtown's play museum, admission by donation
Editorial IllustrationFoss Waterway Seaport
Thea Foss Waterway
Maritime heritage museum in a working wheat warehouse on Dock Street
Editorial IllustrationLeMay - America's Car Museum
Dome District
Four floors of American automotive history beside the Tacoma Dome
Editorial IllustrationMuseum of Glass
Thea Foss Waterway
Working glass studio and waterfront galleries on the Thea Foss
Editorial IllustrationPoint Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
Point Defiance
Pacific Rim zoo and aquarium inside Point Defiance Park
Editorial IllustrationSunrise Play Café
Stadium District
An indoor play space for under-sixes with a proper café attached
Editorial IllustrationTacoma Art Museum
Downtown Tacoma
Northwest and Western American art on the Pacific Avenue museum row
Editorial IllustrationTacoma Community College
A working west Tacoma campus with its own Pierce Transit centre — and one of the city's most useful car-free starting points.
Editorial IllustrationUniversity Place Pierce County Library
University Place
The civic anchor of University Place's Town Center, open seven days a week
Editorial IllustrationWashington State History Museum
Downtown Tacoma
The state's history museum, next door to Union Station