Ye Olde Curiosity Shop Review

Very cool shop, lots of expected items from a touristy gift shop but the museum portion is VERY cool a lot of never before seen items.

With enough time, you'll find odd and awesome "curiosities", but you have to wade through shelves of modern knick knacks, and other novelties that really only serve to ruin the atmosphere I was hoping to see there.

Cool selection of kitschy souvenirs and artifacts. Fun to walk around in.

An old Seattle waterfront store full of real curiosities and fun touristy stuff to buy. A classic to see!

Were it not for the location it would not get a second glance.

Its somewhere I've visited over the past 20 yrs and still find things I've never seen before. Great place to buy unique gifts for everyone for any occasion. I love it!!

Cool place!!!! Check out the mummies in the back of the store.

I love this place! It's definitely a must visit if you're ever by the pier.

My fave shop in the whole area is ye olde curiosity shop. They even offered to ship some large prints I bought so they wouldn't get ruined on the flight home.

I have loved going to this place since I was a small child living in Seattle. Got to introduce my children and grandchild to it last year. Yummy fudge made there.

Store full of odd things and souvenirs. Interesting to look and browse around but nothing really that useful.

Awesome place if you'd like to get ur curiosity fix! Then give it a try and make it ur next destination!

Very cool and curious finds indeed, fun for a quick pop in!

This place took me back, the variety of goods on display more than interesting covering items from every exotic world destination, make sure you taste the chocolate variety made on the premises, WOA to say the least, highly recommended to visit whilst on the Wharf.

Been going to this store since I was a little kid. Place is filled with weird and creepy stuff but also really nifty things. Seattle truly has an iconic gift shop with this place that no other city has in my opinion.

This is a really fun place to go whether you've never been here or if you have been here many times. There are interesting strange, and fun oddities. There are bits of history, old game machines, and excellent souvenirs. Good for the whole family.

Very cool and unique place. Glad we found this gem.

Favorite place to go when I visit. From mummies to mermaids you never run out of cool stuff to look at.

Hands down, the most intriguing store I've ever been in.

Lots of interesting items and ideas for craft. Although it is a bit over priced but definitely a good place to spend some time.

So much fun stuff here! And it's along the water for a nice relaxing stroll.

my all time favorite visit when down on the pier in seattle!
go see the cool stuff and take some cash to buy a treasure!!! ever since i was little, this has been my favorite stop!

I adore this little shop. We stop here every time we visit Seattle. There is always something new to look at.

Always a must stop for me when on the waterfront in Seattle!! So many fun and unique items.

Are you filled with curiosity? Do you like old things? Do you love toys? Do you also have a sweet tooth? Then Ye Olde Curiosity Shop is the place for you! But really this place is for anyone, there is something for everyone here. It is amazing to see the crazy things in store for you at this shop!

One can find an enormous amount of unique and odd items here, and there is a ton of things to see!

These types of places just don't exist anymore, truly a destination worth visiting. They have real mummies and shrunken heads and I must say they are creepy.

Really cool place to go for a variety of different things. The oddities and mummys are cool. Always a place I stop when I'm in Seattle.

Thought I'd like this place more than I did. It was fun, I'll give it that. But a lot of it is tourist tschotchkies I didn't care for

Basic little knick knack shop. Had some neat little things. Good fudge.

Good fudge, lots of curiosity knick-knackes for reasonable prices. If you're in the area, you might as well stop by.

I wish they stayed with the odd and bizarre. Some of the things in there are extremely interesting, yet somethings are gimmicky tourist gifts. Take the time to search for the right gift in here. The logo from the poster is awesome, just doesn t transfer well to their shirts.

Really fun shop. Good gag gifts here. Museum-like area in the back of the shop. Must see if you're visiting.

Some of the coolest stuff around. Also, it was great to see some of the stuff I had when I was a kid ie; candy cigarettes, Laffy taffy, pop rocks.

A glorified gift shop with some curiosities inside. I question how much of their curiosities are real vs. gaffs (things made to look like the real thing). It was ok and probably worth the stop for the kids. I would not get too caught up in it though.

Always fun!!! Don't miss the "mermaid" and mummies.

Love this store! It's unique and always interesting. A fun place for unique gifts.

Loved all the museum-like objects, from the real mummies, to shrunken heads and strange decorations on the roof. Would've liked it to be bigger, since a lot of people were inside and I found it difficult to walk around. They have wonderful fudge, my favorite was chocolate. Visit this place, it's a good souvenir shop!

A seattle landmark! They moved and the store is as great as it ever was. A super fun place to kill some time while waiting for the ferry.

It was fun to see all the odd things they sold, but the store could definitely be a pass, even if you only plan to go in for a few minutes.

This shop has lots of interesting and fun stuff, as well as free delicious fudge samples!

Crowded tourist shop. Worth a stop for the eclectic atmosphere but I wouldn't call it a must do anymore. Its updated but lost a little of the old charm.

Okay where else will you see a real shrunken head ( more than one) and buy jumping beans?

It s a Seattle institution and worth the visit. Hunt the ceilings and corners for the weird and wonderful. When a child we used to relish a trio to ye olde curiosity shop! We would talk about it for days.

Buy a slap bracelet for a four year old or some sweets for your sweetie. We gotta make sure this place stays in Seattle

Have to stop in this shop every time I m in the Seattle downtown area! Amazing

25 years ago, my Dad brought me here to glimpse something he saw 25 years before that when he came immigrated to the US serving in the Navy. The store is a rarely seen amazing macabre collection that is rarely seen anywhere in America these days. Go there.. feel the history.. embrace it.

Part novelty souvenir store, part museum. A fun place, and don't forget to look up!

Part shop and part museum, they have old stuff, curious stuff, and fun stuff.

Trinkets and toys and arts and mummified peoples!!!

This has always been a family favorite to visit every time we make the trip to Seattle. My wife has been coming here since she was a child and it's become a tradition for our children as well! It's a Seattle Pier icon!

This place is so cool. I loved looking around at everything.

I love this place! fantastic for tourists, or odd gifts for friends

Super quirky. I could get stuck in there for hours looking at everything!

Some cool things to see here, but nothing to write home about. Free fudge samples in the back.

A place for the curious be ye a tourist or local. I stop in when I go to the waterfront to see if anything has changed.

Go there every time I'm in Seattle. Just a fun place to walk through and pick up some interesting gifts too!

Good place for finding cool stuff, very busy though.

Just like when we were kids. Such a fun place to take the kids and watch them see everything for there first time. I still buy junk ( oops stuff) I love. .

Very interesting place, need to visit at least once. I go everytime I visit seattle. The shrunken heads are my favorite fascination there.

Cool little shop. Kind of creepy!!! But lots of neat stuff.

Quite an interesting, if not quirky shop, with stuff that ranges from cool, funny and unique...to the bizzare.

Great location by the "wharf", next to ferry. Paid parking.

Estrella the fortune teller is legit. Always tells me what's up. Also so many things to see and well worth getting the toy your kid wants to enjoy the novelty shrunken heads and double headed animals :)

Neat little shop on the water front lots of stuff to look at nice selection of gag gifts and weird suvinours

Cool place, with bizarre attractions. Find something weird here.

I love it I remember coming here as a kid and having great memories. I hope to take my children there some day and see this cool Seattle attraction.

Cool place to check out! I got a dollar origami double swans on display here.

Become much more of a gift shop than an attraction over the years.

Always fun. I enjoy the weirdness and where else can you get fudge and an alligator back scratcher all under one roof.

Very fun place to get your souvenirs. Lots of oddities to see.

Cutio shop. Fun gift, gag, & artistic collector items. Right near Pioneer Square in Seattle along with Harbor shops & eateries.

A bit touristy but a cool place to pop into if you're walking along the boardwalk in Seattle. They have some great little knick-knacks in there and more than just your average postcard souvenir type things. prices are what id call pretty reasonable especially for a large metropolitan area. Be sure to check out some of their preserved artifacts.

Interesting place. Lots of knick knacks and odds and ends. A little pricey and touristy.

They moved it from the main boardwalk down to closer to the water, I think by the Harley shop? Hteat place to browse and grab souvenirs

I loved this place! Be prepared for lots of people, but to me it was worth it. I love odd and curious things, and this place delivered. The have a permanent display in the back you can view of all sorts of weird stuff. I really liked all the odd taxidermy that they had for sale.

Ahh I gotta give Ye Olde Curiosity Shop five stars, just due to the famous reputation its established here in Seattle. For years I can remember coming here and always being entertained and somewhat disturbed at all the weird stuff in here.

For sure a tourist trap but how can you pass up an opportunity to go look at one of the most bizarre stores around here? I think its a great place to check out and kill some time.

every time i go here i find three phallic objects that are not supposed to be phalluses

Cool place lots of stuff to look at if you have never been there. It's mainly a collection of bibelots. There are a couple of other stuff but honestly once you've visited that place once there is little to keep you coming back.

Pretty fun touristy type place. Cool stuff to see and delicious fudge is sold there.

Still maintains the weirdo charm that made this a local treasure. Great place to buy postcards.

One of those classic Seattle shops you must visit if your down on the waterfront. Filled with thousands of cool things including two mummified people and strange animals your kids will be begging not leave!

Souvenirs, no pressure to buy, lots of intriguing things to see (free).