Enjoyed reliving my youth with the guides at this museum. Wish they had more space. Lots of detailed information and interesting stories. I’m seriously considering joining. Want to give back to a sport I enjoyed so much.

This place is fantastic even if youre clueless when it comes to hydroplanes. We got a tour from Park who made it fun for me and a three-year-old. They have a program for kids that allows them to build their own watercraft. The owner also does great community outreach in the schools to show kids that what theyre learning is applicable to real life. Check them out for fun events as well throughout the year!

We are in Seattle for the American Powerboat Association annual meeting. They had a dinner for all of us. It was absolutely amazing!!!! I had such wonderful time seeing all the boats, memorabilia, etc. If you love boats, especially racing boats you will love seeing these huge hydroplanes up close. We will be back for a visit. They also have a cute little gift shop of t-shirts and memorabilia.

An amazing group with a rich history about Hydroplanes and Racing!

Absolutely incredible experience. An active shoe for the restoration of the boats and a rotating collection of restored and running hydroplanes. The museum is absolutely overflowing with the history of the sport and the culture around it.

Great place for race fans. Brought back memories from childhood to present

As a working museum, all the volunteers are working to restore and race all the boats there. They are incredibly knowledgeable and love to share that info to anyone and everyone. Small size for 10 dollars, but the knowledge that you could gain from asking about anything is well worth it.

Love seeming all the vintage boats. From the start of Hydroplane racing to todays boat. I highly recommend going and seeing. Restoring of boats from the past. History...

Visited recently. I knew that this was a working museum but it is too small to offer visitor viewing and worker space simultaneously. Many of the boats you can barely get near because of all the workers equipment and tools. There are also only 6-8 unlimited hydroplanes on display.

A walk down memory lane. Fantastic tour by a very knowledgeable and personable guide. Highly recommended.

Each time I visit I learn something new about this sport.The staff at the museum is dedicated and always have a good story to tell.

The tour guides had an amazing knowledge of hydroplane racing.

Nothink like it anywhere. History and excitement bring your inquisitive inner child and regale in this racing boat workshop for all ages! See the wonders of world war engines used for making beautiful waves and huge rooster tails of cascading water. Many events and adventures to be enjoyed by the young and young at heart.

An excellent collection of race boats! Friendly staff.

Lots of fun stuff to see and lots of guys who are passionate about it

Tons of history packed into a medium sized facility. Well worth a visit.

Great place to take your family to explore and experience hydroplane history.

This place is awesome! You really get up close and personal with the boats.

If you are at all interested in Hydroplanes, you must visit. This place is amazing. It is packed with antique race boats and memorabilia, and all the race boats in the place have been restored to race ready condition. In face, they pull some of the vintage unlimited boats over to Chelan every fall for an on-the-water exhibition called Mahogany and Merlot. I recommend it.

Great. They Have Done a Wonderful Job. Became a Sustaining Member. Nice to relive my past. Will help when I can or asked to do so. Captain Gray

Love taking a walk down memory lane with all the hydroplane memorabilia

The best running race boat museum in the country! Amazing history and fantastically restored Unlimited Hydroplanes!

If you have a love for fast anything, you need to fall in love with hydroplanes. If youre kind of a Johnny Come Lately because boats have been racing locally since the 40s and I wasnt born until the 70s, you must stop in. These guys know their history, boats on display and tons to see and learn.

Fun place had a garage sale when we visited lots of.extra people old stories to tell

Easy museum to stroll through. It is. flashback to the hayday od hydroplanes.

Excellent communication following my order in their store (eShop).

The coolest display of boating race history you can imagine. Staff is gray for a story. Also can see some restoration projects in real time.

This place looks pretty cool.

I have long wanted to visit this museum, and had an opportunity to visit. Very nice display. A little crowded, what with all the big hydros. I expected a bigger building, but I understand they have limited resources. I sincerely hope they continue to grow, because it is a unique experience.

There was a live band and they had several thunderboats out in the parking lot. Miss Bardahl, Miss Wahoo and an old Budweiser .

Absolutely amazing place!

I cant say I knew much about hydroplanes before going to this museum. But, when my friend and I went, for the low cost of $10 per person, we got an almost two hour long guided tour of all the boats in the museum with lots of great stories and first person accounts of the history behind all of them from the curator. It was really awesome!

One-of-a-kind collection of some of the fastest watercraft ever built. If youre not interested in racing or motorsports or anything, then this may not be of interest, but if you are, put this on your bucket list for sure. Mostly volunteers keep this place going, and they got a lot of heart.

This place is awesome, so much knowledge, and history.

What a great way to spend the afternoon looking at history and close to home.

Must see if you remember Hydroplane Racing.

The best place in Kent to see hydros.

Great place for hydroplane lovers!

FABULOUS!! Lots of amazing history and gorgeous hydros!! Well worth the time...gotta check this place out!!!! Knowledgeable and friendly staff!

Excellent place to visit, guide was very knowledgeable

Brings back some crazy memories

So small but so much information. you come in thinking okay i know about hydroplanes but you dont know what an impact they had on the city of seattle until you hear some of the stories the tour guides tell you here. they let you take all the pictures you want with the boats as well. just make sure to call in ahead of time to check availability

Thank You All so much for such a Beautiful Service for Dad! The Jensen Family will never forget it!

Enjoyed an excellent personal tour by Ian, a terrifically knowledgeable volunteer. He provided historical and technical insights throughout our walkthrough. These are folks who really love the sport and continue to actively participate in keeping these historic craft on the water rather than as non-functioning relics.

Great staff, lots of fun.

Fantastic place. This is what a museum truly is. Run by volunteers who care and who are happy to show you around and share all their knowledge.

Volunteers are very knowledgeable.

Well off the beaten path, hydroplane Museum offers a great slice of local history with regards to the annual hydroplane races at Seafair Festival. Resembling a workshop in some areas comma there are a great amount of artifacts that you would otherwise not find elsewhere including full-size hydroplane, uniforms, newspaper clippings, and great parts of personal collections

A great place to go for all hydroplane enthusiasts

Great museum! There were lots of hydros & hydros being worked on. The people there are wealth of information! Definitely going back!!

Couldnt break a 100.00 bill. Didnt offer to let me in for the 7.00 in small bills I had either. Just said I needed the correct change as all he could break was a 20.00. Absolutely awfull way to run a museum and treat visitors from out of town

Awesome journey back in history. Highly recommended for boat racing fans

Fun to the old boats

Great you should go gotta set in boats

Dropped by here on a Tuesday night expecting to spend about an hour looking at some old Seafair memorabilia. I could not have been more wrong.We walked in around 6pm to find about a dozen volunteers eating dinner after a full day of dedicating their time and energy to keeping the museum up and running. Nonetheless, two immediately dropped their forks and welcomed us with open arms. They guided us around the museum, explaining the history and technical aspects of racing hydroplanes with visible passion and pride. We were also surprised to learn that many of the volunteers have experience not only in building and maintaining, but also driving these boats. The treatment we received from the moment we walked in can only be described as VIP.The museum itself blew me away too - rather than a few dusty pictures and medals, they had at least eight antique and modern hydroplanes inside the building, including several that can (and do) run to this day. We were there a week before Seafair 2016 and sat in one of the two hydroplanes that made an appearance on the water for the Antique Hydroplanes segment of the festival.Overall, the volunteers went above and beyond, and it was damn cool to both see and touch these incredible boats that Ive only ever seen from afar!

Smaller than youd expect but jam packed with Boats from wall to wall and manned by an enthusiastic and experienced staff.

Great place to see vintage unlimited RACE boats.

We had a wonderful time touring the museum and meeting the guys building up a new pickle-fork Pay n Pak.

Wonderful place come visit and support the race

Always a fun place to see the hydros!

Who knew that this gem was here. Have a question about the hydros? This is the only place to go in Seattle area.

Went to a Memorial there but it didnt seem to be much of a museum

Awesome displays of some of the hydros that ran when I was a kid..

Love this place. Check it out

Loved it!

Lots of history here !

So much history in these walls. My favorite part though is how my mans face lights up when were are here.

Total sense of awe being around these huge boats.

People very knowledgeable.

Service was great

Museum

History, displays, and descriptions.

Very cool!

Vintage Hydroplanes and History

Love being there