Giving experiences, not things, is a great way to show your love and respect for the people in your life. One of the easiest ways to give an experience is a way that benefits more than just the recipient: a gift membership to a zoo or museum. When you give a gift membership for one of these groups, you are rewarding your loved one and helping the organization continue to serve. Below is a list of memberships I think would make great gifts, but if none of them work for you, keep looking! There are tons of great groups out there offering membership–something for just about any interest you can imagine.

• Seattle Aquarium: http://www.seattleaquarium.org/join/membership/
• Woodland Park Zoo: http://www.zoo.org/zoocart/membership.html
• Pacific Science Center: http://www.pacsci.org/membership/
• Seattle Art Museum: http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/membership/membership.asp
• Bellevue Arts Museum: http://www.bellevueart.org/membership/index.html
• Seattle Veterans Museum: http://seattleveteransmuseum.org/support.html#membership
• Tacoma Art Museum: http://www.tacomaartmuseum.org/page.asp?view=190
• Museum of Flight: http://www.museumofflight.org/Display.asp?Page=Membership
• Wing Luke Museum: http://www.wingluke.org/museum_membership.html
• Frye Art Museum: http://fryemuseum.org/pages/joinus.htm
• Log House Museum: http://www.loghousemuseum.org/Membership.html
• Burke Museum: http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/join/membership.php

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