Unless you're lucky enough to have air conditioning, there's a good chance you spent the better part of this historically sticky Seattle weekend splayed in front of a box fan with all your shades drawn, gazing incredulously at your phone's weather app while feeling a particular reverence for your freezer and its icy contents. If you don't want to repeat that process on future hot summer days, bookmark this page to refer to some of our favorite air-conditioned spaces in town. Plus, check out our roundup of boozy frozen drinks Like Add to a List to try this summer. 

See also: the city's complete list of cooling centers.

* = Advance tickets encouraged.

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LIBRARIES

Seattle Public Libraries

Ballard Like Add to a List
(Tues-Sat, 10 am-6 pm)

Beacon Hill Like Add to a List
(Tues-Sat, 10 am-6 pm)

Broadview Like Add to a List
(Tues-Sat, 10 am-6 pm)

Central Like Add to a List
(Tues-Sat, 10 am-6 pm)

Delridge Like Add to a List
(Tues-Sat, 10 am-6 pm)

Douglass-Truth Like Add to a List
(Tues-Sat, 10 am-6 pm)

Greenwood Like Add to a List
(Wed-Fri, 10 am-6 pm & Sun, 12-6 pm)

High Point Like Add to a List
(Wed-Fri, 10 am-6 pm & Sun, 12-6 pm)

Chinatown-International District Like Add to a List
(Sun, 10 am-6 pm & Mon, 12-6 pm)

Lake City Like Add to a List
(Tues-Sat, 10 am-6 pm)

Magnolia Like Add to a List
(Wed & Fri, 10 am-6 pm & Sun, 12-6 pm)

Rainier Beach Like Add to a List
(Wed & Fri, 10 am-6 pm & Sun, 12-6 pm)

South Park Like Add to a List
(Mon, Thurs & Sat, 10 am-6 pm)

King County Libraries

Boulevard Park Like Add to a List
(Tues-Wed, 1-8 pm & Fri-Sat, 10 am-5 pm)

Enumclaw Like Add to a List
(Tues-Wed, 1-8 pm & Thurs-Sat, 10 am-5 pm)

Federal Way Like Add to a List
(Tues-Wed, 1-8 pm & Thurs-Sat, 10 am-5 pm)

Kent Like Add to a List
(Tues-Wed, 1-8 pm & Thurs-Sat, 10 am-5 pm)

Kirkland Like Add to a List
(Tues-Wed, 1-8 pm & Thurs-Sat, 10 am-5 pm)

Lake Forest Park Like Add to a List
(Tues-Wed, 1-8 pm & Thurs-Sat, 10 am-5 pm)

Lake Hills Like Add to a List
(Tues-Wed, 1-8 pm & Thurs-Sat, 10 am-5 pm)

Skyway Like Add to a List
(Tues-Wed, 1-8 pm & Thurs-Sat, 10 am-5 pm)

Tukwila Like Add to a List
(Tues-Wed, 1-8 pm & Thurs-Sat, 10 am-5 pm)

Woodinville Like Add to a List
(Tues-Wed, 1-8 pm & Thurs-Sat, 10 am-5 pm)

MUSEUMS

*Bellevue Arts Museum Like Add to a List
Bellevue (Fri-Sat, 11 am-5 pm)

*Burke Museum Like Add to a List
University District (Tues-Sat, 10 am-5 pm)

*Chihuly Garden & Glass Like Add to a List
Seattle Center (Tues-Sat, 10 am-5 pm)

*Frye Art Museum Like Add to a List
First Hill (Tues-Sun, 11 am-5 pm)

*Henry Art Gallery Like Add to a List
University District (Sat-Sun, 10 am-5 pm)

*Museum of Flight Like Add to a List
Tukwila (Daily, 10 am-5 pm)

*Museum of History & Industry Like Add to a List
South Lake Union (Thurs-Mon, 10 am-5 pm)

*Museum of Museums Like Add to a List
First Hill (Thurs-Fri, 5-10 pm & Sat, 12-10 pm & Sun, 12-6 pm)

*Museum of Pop Culture Like Add to a List
Seattle Center (Mon-Fri, 10 am-6 pm & Sat-Sun, 9 am-6 pm)

*National Nordic Museum Like Add to a List
Ballard (Thurs-Sun, 10 am-5 pm)

*Seattle Art Museum Like Add to a List
Downtown (Thurs-Sun, 10 am-5 pm)

*Seattle Asian Art Museum Like Add to a List
Capitol Hill (Fri-Sun, 10 am-5 pm)

*Wing Luke Museum Like Add to a List
Chinatown-International District (Fri-Sat, 10 am-5 pm)

MOVIE THEATERS

See our picks for new in-person showtimes every Thursday.

*Admiral Theater Like Add to a List
(West Seattle)

*AMC Pacific Place 11
(Downtown)

*AMC 10 Like Add to a List
(University District)

*Ark Lodge
(Columbia City)

*Cinemark Lincoln Square
(Bellevue)

*Crest Cinema Center
(Shoreline)

*Grand Cinema
(Tacoma)

*Regal Meridian
(Downtown)

*Varsity Theatre
(University District)

ART GALLERIES

ArtXChange
Pioneer Square (Tues-Sat, 11 am-5:30 pm)

Columbia City Gallery Like Add to a List
Columbia City (Wed-Sat, 11 am-6 pm)

CORE Like Add to a List
Pioneer Square (Wed-Sat, 12-6 pm)

*Davidson Galleries Like Add to a List
Pioneer Square (Tues-Sat, 11 am-5:30 pm)

Gallery 110
Pioneer Square (Thurs-Sat, 12-5 pm)

Ghost Gallery
Capitol Hill (Wed-Sat, 12-6 pm)

Greg Kucera Gallery
Pioneer Square (Tues-Sat, 10:30 am-5:30 pm)

J. Rinehart Gallery Like Add to a List
Pioneer Square (Wed-Sat, 11 am-5 pm)

Linda Hodges Gallery
Pioneer Square (Tues-Sat, 10:30 am-5 pm)

*METHOD
Pioneer Square (Fri-Sat, 12-5 pm)

Patricia Rovzar Gallery
Pioneer Square (Tues-Sat, 11 am-5 pm)

*Photographic Center Northwest
First Hill (Mon-Thurs, 12:30 pm-9 pm)

Push/Pull
Pioneer Square (Wed-Sun, 1-6 pm)

Roq La Rue
Capitol Hill & Madison Valley (Fri-Sat, 12-4 pm)

SOIL
Pioneer Square (Tues-Sun, 12-5 pm)

Stonington Gallery Like Add to a List
Pioneer Square (Wed-Sat, 11 am-3 pm)

Traver Gallery Like Add to a List
Pioneer Square (Tues-Fri, 10 am-6 pm & Sat, 10 am-5 pm)

*Winston Wächter Fine Art
Pioneer Square (Mon-Sat, 11 am-4 pm)

BOOKSTORES

See more of our favorite bookstores here Like Add to a List .

Arundel Books
Pioneer Square (Mon-Sat, 11 am-7 pm & Sun, 12-6 pm)

Elliott Bay Book Company Like Add to a List
Capitol Hill (Daily, 10 am-8 pm)

Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery Like Add to a List
Georgetown (Mon-Sat, 11:30 am-8 pm & Sun, 11:30 am-5 pm)

Open Books Like Add to a List
Wallingford (Tues-Sat, 10 am-2 pm & 3-6 pm)

University Book Store Like Add to a List
University District (Mon-Sat, 10 am-6 pm)