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Award-Winning Sites

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Jim Kelly presenting Golden Rain Globe award © 2012

Seattle Center Monorail and EMP Museum © photo by Megan Ching, courtesy of Seattle Monorail Services

Pacific Science Center at Seattle Center campus © 2011, courtesy of Seattle Center Foundation

International Fountain, 2009 © courtesy of Folklife Festival

Seattle Center with view of Olympics © 2010, courtesy of Seattle Center Foundation

4Culture Award for Excellence in Heritage Tourism

4Culture's only annual award, the "Golden Rain Globe" was inaugurated in 2007 to recognize the contributions that our most outstanding historic sites and heritage museums make to the local tourism economy. Each year's recipient demonstrates successful adherence to the five principles of sustainable heritage tourism established by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. These include: finding a balance between community and tourism, making sites and programs come alive, preserving and protecting heritage resources, collaboration, and focus on quality and authenticity.

2012 Seattle Center Foundation

For 35 years of supporting Seattle Center's public programming and for helping preserve the legacy of the 1962 World's Fair, the Seattle Center Foundation received 4Culture's 2012 Golden Rain Globe Award for Excellence in Heritage Tourism. Since 2009, the Foundation has planned and coordinated The Next Fifty, the communitywide golden anniversary commemoration of the World's Fair.

www.seattlecenter.org

2011 Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum

The Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum received 4Culture’s 2011 "Golden Rain Globe" for Excellence in Heritage Tourism for high quality education and tourism programming, and authentic promotion of heritage resources at local, national and international levels. The H&RB Museum is the only museum in the world focused on the history of hydroplane racing.

www.thunderboats.ning.com

2010 The Underground Tour

4Culture, Sunny Speidel and Alicia Basinger

Bill Speidel's Underground Tour received the 2010 Golden Rain Globe for its unique spin on local history, with a subterranean approach. For over 45 years, the Underground Tour has attracted visitors from around the world, presenting entertaining, authentic history and serving as a catalyst for the preservation of Pioneer Square.

www.undergroundtour.com

2009 Museum of Flight in Tukwila

Museum of Flight, Peter Bowers with the Bowers Flybaby Prototype

One of the area's most popular attractions, The Museum of Flight was initiated in 1964 by a small group of aviation enthusiasts. Today the museum is one of the largest air and space museums in the world, attracting more than 400,000 visitors annually. The museum's collection includes more than 150 historically significant air and spacecraft, maintained in 7 unique exhibit spaces.

www.museumofflight.org

2008 Northwest Railway Museum in Snoqualmie

More than 80,000 people a year visit its collection of working engines, rolling stock, specialized equipment, and artifacts at the 1890 Snoqualmie Depot, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

www.trainmuseum.org

2007 Center for Wooden Boats in Seattle

The CWB is a not-for-profit membership and volunteer organization devoted to preserving the skills of wooden boatbuilding and small craft handling. Located on Lake Union in Seattle, CWB has attracted national attention because of its emphasis on hands-on experiences.

www.cwb.org