Traveling Exhibits Service

Cruisin’ the Washington Fossil Freeway with Artist Ray Troll and Paleontologist Kirk Johnson creatively brings together the fossil-inspired artwork of celebrated artist Ray Troll with insightful texts by paleontologist Kirk Johnson to explore questions about evolution, extinction, and early life on Earth. The special Washington State version of the traveling exhibit—which features a specially commissioned Washington State fossil map by Troll—addresses these key questions and explores the abundance of fossils in our midst.

The traveling exhibit's design—a free-standing, 4-panel full-color display and 5 free-standing information banners—provides host institutions with the flexibility to display the show in a gallery, a lobby, or a conference room open to the general public. The exhibit also features a real fossil leaf from the Stonerose fossil beds in Republic, WA, a real ammonite, a cast of a T. rex tooth, touchable casts of a mammoth molar, and a mastodon molar.

Host institutions in Washington State also receive the following benefits package:

• Complimentary shipping and insurance
• Public relations support in the form of digital press releases, images, digital promotional material templates, and advice on promoting the exhibit
• Educational and programming resources
• A list of specimens featured in the artwork by Troll
• Access to Burke Museum paleontologists for advice about the exhibit

Cruisin’ the Washington Fossil Freeway with Artist Ray Troll and Paleontologist Kirk Johnson was organized by the Burke Museum in collaboration with Ray Troll and Kirk Johnson.

Washington State Fossil Freeway Map

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