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LK WA MA Why Walk? TACO If a daily fitness walk could be put in a pill, it would be one of the most MUSEUM WALK popular prescriptions in the world. Walking can reduce the risk of 253 682 1734 many diseases – from heart attack and stroke to hip fracture and glau- downtownonthego.org coma. And of course, walking has significant positive implications for strength, mood, and weight loss. Downtown On the Go is a partnership of: * Calories Burned per Hour Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber • City of Tacoma • Pierce Transit M 110 lbs 125 lbs 150 lbs 175 lbs 200 lbs SEU WA U LK Strolling M 100 cal 114 136 159 182 <2 mph Sponsors Moderate Walk Tacoma’s museum route and visit six of Tacoma’s outstanding museums all 175 199 239 278 318 3 mph in one walk. Start at the Children’s Museum of Tacoma and continue south along Tacoma’s “Main St”, Pacific Avenue, as you pass both the Tacoma Art Museum Brisk 200 227 273 318 364 and the Washington State History Museum. Enjoy the beautiful glass art work 3.5 mph along the Chihuly Bridge of Glass, a 500 foot pedestrian bridge linking downtown Very Brisk Tacoma to the city’s waterfront and the Museum of Glass. Head along the water- 225 256 307 358 409 4.5 mph font, either north to the Foss Waterway Seaport for an additional .9 miles each way or south to Tacoma’s newest museum, the LeMay America’s Car Museum located Moderate in the Dome District. Hop on the free Tacoma Link (service every 12 minutes) to Uphill 300 341 409 477 545 return to the start of the walk. 3mph *Source: http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/physical_activity/index.html Why Walk Tacoma? D O P Getting out of your office, hotel room, home, or car means you get to 1.6 mi 4b adds .9 mi each way A see Tacoma up close and personal – and there is so much to see. Check W 50 min 4b adds 20 min each way N M out historic sites, public art, parks, and cultural icons of Tacoma, TO NG while also envisioning the future. On each of the six routes, you are flat-grade, stairs or ramp WN L KI guaranteed to learn something new about the City, and build a WA greater appreciation of the assets that Tacoma has to offer! For more information, copies of the maps, and information about our guided walks visit downtownonthego.org. Museum Walk MUSEUM MUSEUM MUSEUM MUSEUM S 7th St 4b S 9th St A I-705 4b S 1 Children’s Museum of Tacoma (1501 Pacific Ave.) 3 Washington State History Museum (1911 Pacific Ave.) Foss Waterway Seaport (705 Dock St.) t At the Children’s Museum of Tacoma we The Washington State History Museum is where The Foss Waterway Seaport is a Maritime believe in the power of play. The fascination and FUN come together! This is Museum offering maritime exhibits suitable S 11th St D museum serves young children and their the perfect spot for groups small and large, to a wide range of ages, land- and boat-based o C c o with engaging activities and exhibits for all education programs, event rental space, and k adults through self-directed play that m S A m a heritage boat shop. Located on Tacoma’s t celebrates imagination and encourages ages. Explore new galleries with interactive S e t r creativity. The museum’s playscapes and hands-on components. Find out about waterfront in the historic Balfour Dock t c S 13th S e S include five main areas: Woods, Water, the history behind contemporary topics such Building, the Seaport is the last remaining t Voyager, Invention, and Becka’s Studio. as immigration and equal rights, take a seat in intact section of a continuous heavy timber playtacoma.org a covered wagon, walk into a Native American plank frame warehouse that defined Tacoma’s house, take an imaginary journey as our model train travels waterfront for almost a century. The Seaport 15th St S 1 through a large and detailed layout, see some of the oldest reopened its doors in May 2013 with new exhibits E D artifacts in the state, and immerse yourself in a variety of about the building’s history and steamers on the Sound. D Optional Path S o changing exhibitions! c t fosswaterwayseaport.org 2 k 17th St S washingtonhistory.org S t J e f t f 4 9th S e E 1 r s 2 4 Museum of Glass (1801 Dock St. ) 5 (2702 East D St.) o Tacoma Art Museum LeMay America’s Car Museum 9th St 3 S 1 n (1701 Pacific Ave.) Opened in 2002, the Museum of Glass is an LeMay – America’s Car Museum spotlights America’s love A v 509 architectural icon on Tacoma’s waterfront. e Hwy Tacoma Art Museum was founded affair with the automobile. The museum rests on a Prairie Line Trail by a group of volunteers in 1935 This unique Museum is dedicated to nine-acre campus and features rotating galleries, t S 21st S E and has since grown to become a glass and glassmaking in the West a 3.5-acre show field, theatre, café, banquet halls, D S national model for regional, mid-sized Coast’s largest and most active Hot meeting facilities, racing simulators and slot t museums. The museum is dedicated to connecting people Shop. The Museum has established a car racing. Exhibits feature automobiles from through art. The museum’s permanent collection features reputation for hosting impactful and Ferraris and Corvettes to Model Ts and The N St Ave S 23rd uyallup I-705 P e over 5,000 works primarily by Northwest artists, including engaging artist residencies, organizing LaSalle 303 Roadster. ACM hosts annual t the the largest retrospective collection of Dale Chihuly’s nationally traveling exhibitions, and events, concerts, weddings, annual meetings S 24th S t E F St creating unique programs and hands-on E 25th S glass artwork in the country. Tacoma Art Museum serves and even drive-in movies. A St. A workshops, all of which have inspired and Future Prairie Line Trail Line Prairie Future S 26th St the diverse communities of the Northwest through its lemaymuseum.org 5 MIN. (HILL) collection, exhibitions, learning programs, and community engaged more than two million visitors from S 27th St around the world. 5 MIN. (FLAT) events. LeMay photo courtesy of David Imanaka. Tacoma tacomaartmuseum.org museumofglass.org = STAIRS 5 Dome = LINK = TRAILS S 28th St Water Flume Line Trail Brotman South Tacoma Way.