Seattle Universal Math Museum

Join us for the next Math Out Loud as Shiying D**g shares how fiber art can transform abstract mathematical ideas into beautiful sculptural forms and how hands-on making can make advanced concepts accessible to everyone.

Discover the fascinating world of topological crochet and see how algebraic topology, creativity, and craft come together to inspire curiosity, connection, and joy.

🧶 Hands-on Workshop: 5:30–6:30 PM | $10
📍 Seattle Central Library
🧮 Lecture: 6:30–7:30 PM | Free (suggested donation $25/ticket)
🎟 VIP experience available

This week's AAM covers a different sort of bracketology: Why do the P first in PEMDAS?

Last week's Math Out Loud left us inspired. ✈️✨

Thank you to everyone who joined us for an evening with the amazing Dr. Cecilia Aragon. Her story was a powerful reminder that a single step outside your comfort zone can change the course of your life.

From mastering math with the encouragement of her father to becoming an award-winning aerobatic pilot, Cecilia showed how the confidence we build in one area of our lives can give us the courage to take on entirely new challenges.

Thank you, Cecilia, for sharing your remarkable journey and reminding us that mathematics isn't just about formulas. It can be a pathway to confidence, resilience, and new possibilities.

If you missed this one, we'd love to see you at our next Math Out Loud, Learning, Creating, Bonding, and Healing with Topological Crochet with Shiying D**g.

📍 Seattle Central Library
📅 Wednesday, September 3

Click the link in the comments to reserve your spot!

Worried about summer slide? Keep your brain in gear.

The best kind of practice doesn't feel like practice. From the number strategy of Prime Climb to the pattern-spotting of SET and Qwirkle to the fast-reflex matching of Spot It! and the spatial puzzling of Kanoodle and Rush Hour every game on this shelf is building the same skills kids lose over summer break: counting, logic, memory, and problem-solving.

Research backs this up too: a peer-reviewed review of studies on kids ages 3–9 found number-based board games measurably improve counting, addition, and number sense.

SUMM's MathHappens room always has fabulous problem-solving experiences waiting, and our current rotating exhibit, Moves that Matter, is all about games and strategy!

Stop by during our open hours every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to explore! Looking for a custom experience? You can also schedule private events outside of our regular open hours.

Patiently paring pomelos produces pinwheel-patterned peels? Perhaps!

Ready to create, experiment, and play with math in a whole new way?

Join us for SUMM Studio! Whether you're building tensegrity structures, mastering origami, folding flexagons, or diving into tessellations, there’s a hands-on activity every weekend that the whole family will love.

Best part? Exploring the museum is 100% FREE!

SUMM Studio Class Pricing:
$8 online (Save your spot ahead of time!)
$10 at the door

Come for the museum, stay for the creativity, and leave with something awesome you made yourself!

The best math stories aren't about numbers. They're about people.

At SUMM, we believe math is a way of thinking that helps us solve problems, build confidence, and imagine new possibilities.

That's why we're so excited to welcome Dr. Cecilia Aragon for the next Math Out Loud.

Many people know Dr. Aragon as a pioneering computer scientist, founder of Human-Centered Data Science, and the first Latina to become a Full Professor in the University of Washington College of Engineering's 100-year history. In her memoir, Flying Free, she shares the personal story behind those accomplishments and how she overcame fear, challenged expectations, and found freedom through math, logic, and flight.

Join us on August 5 at The Museum of Flight to hear her inspiring story in person.

🎟️ Reserve your free seat today. Link in the comments.

Do you ever need to find a quantity such that that quantity made double is the same as a dozen more than that quantity? There must be a better way!

What if math could help you overcome your greatest fear?

Join us for the next Math Out Loud as Dr. Cecilia Aragon shares her extraordinary journey from a fear of flying to becoming an aerobatic pilot, designing software for NASA, teaching astronauts to fly, and co-founding Latinas in Computing.

Discover how mathematics, data science, and structured thinking became powerful tools for personal transformation.

📍 Museum of Flight: View Lounge

🗓 August 5 | 6:00–7:00 PM (VIP reception to follow)

🎟 Free (suggested donation $25/ticket) | VIP experience available

Come be inspired by a story of courage, curiosity, and the unexpected ways math can help us soar.

Want to help your child build early math skills without adding another task to your daily routine?

Enter the Parent Ninja Move: turning everyday story time into organic math discovery!

In our latest Talking Math post, guest author Erin Wahler-Cleveland (founder of Roots and Wings Math) shares how a bedtime reading of Ten Little Ladybugs turned into a deep dive into counting, one-to-one correspondence, and cardinality.

Bonus: You don't need special math books—you can spark these moments with any book your child loves!