The Seattle Times featured a
highlight article on the Burke's "Meet the Mammals" event. Watch a
video of mammals on the move!
UW's student newspaper meets the Burke's Fish collection, teeth and all.
More...Burke Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, Christian Sidor says "Its teeth, compared to other amphibians, were just enormous. It leads
us to believe this animal was a predator taking down large prey." Read more at
Science Daily and
Discovery Channel.
NWSource People's Picks '08 lists the Burke as a top 10
museum.
More...Dr. Christian Sidor, curator of vertebrate paleontology, discovered 245-million-year-old fossilized burrows in Antarctica, probably made by tetrapods.
More...Castilleja victoriae, a new species of Indian paintbrush, was discovered by Burke researchers.
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The Seattle Times features an important legal development for the fate of polar bears. The Burke hosts
The Last Polar Bear exhibit starting in late June.
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A baleen basket from the Burke's permanent collection is one of forty pieces selected by the NEH to represent the most significant accomplishments of American art and history.
More...A fish that would rather crawl into crevices
than swim, and that may be able to see in the same way that humans do,
could represent an entirely unknown family of fishes, says Burke Museum fishes curator, Ted Pietsch
. Read more...
Burke staff installed a giant mosasaur fossil in Hitchcock Hall, part of a donation of over a dozen giant fossils and specimens to the Burke collection by the Hart family.
Read more...The Burke hosted 37 middle school students for a day of hands-on ocean science, including squid
dissection!
More...Hands-on science, outdoor investigation, student challenge, and service learning: it's all part of
the Magnuson Outdoor Learning Lab (MOLL).
More...The UW Fish Collection, totaling 7.2 million specimens, will become part of the Burke Museum. More...
Summer Program 2007: Stories and Tellers
Once upon a time, the summer of 2007, to be more precise, a group of
young storytellers came together to practice the many arts of sharing
stories.
More...Dr. Mossbreath's Mystery Solved!
Twenty children participated in this summer’s Dr. Mossbreath camp. At
week’s end, they had solved an incredible mystery and found the
treasure: the lost mummy of the Burke Museum.
More...The Burke Museum is applying for federal funding through the Federal
Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.
More...Lichens of Seattle Recap
"This is amazing!" We heard this sentence frequently during the public workshop, "Lichens of Seattle." Led by lichen expert, Dr. Katie Glew, participants marveled at this intricate partnership between algae and fungus.
Learn more and see photos.In a move to provide natural history buffs and culture hounds with an opportunity to "sound off"
and share their passions and favorite collecting stories, the Burke Museum
has posted a
new site that provides unique behind-the-scenes commentary by
staff professionals on museum exhibit activity, the latest science news,
research projects, and up-to-the-minute reports from the field – in an
informal format. Comments are welcome on the blog. Tell us about your favorite
collection – what do you collect?
A decomposing fin whale will help UW biologists to study marine ecosystems, and will become part of the Burke Museum marine mammal collection.
The Burke Museum hosted a ceremony on Oct. 6, honoring
the historic repatriation of the Stone T'xwelátse to the Nooksack Indian Tribe, with the cooperation of the Stó:lō Nation of Canada.
More... Help Find Missing Haida House Replicas
Burke Museum curator Robin Wright is trying
to track down 14 hand-carved Haida house models that have been lost for
over 50 years. Originally created for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, the
models were part of an exhibit on Northwest Native American arts and culture. For photographs and more information
click here.
Burke wins Web award
The Burke's Archaeology of Seattle's West Point has won the Communication Arts Interactive Design competition. This Web exhibit tells the story of a remarkable archaeological find and the people who lived here 4,000 years ago. More... Kennewick Man Update
The human remains popularly known as "Kennewick Man" were featured in the
TIME Magazine cover story for March 13, 2006.
More...Spider Myths was selected recently as one of the 3 top hot sites nationally - linked on USAToday.com. The site has also won Scientfic American's Science & Technology
Web Awards 2005.
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge--a journal
Burke Museum's own education assistant, David Williams, traveled to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Read his articles (from a 5-day journal) found on Grist.org.
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Seattleite inspires with photos
Subhankar Banerjee's photos of Arctic 'Life and Land' are winning hearts.
More...More on Kennewick Man
Scientists continue to study remains of Kennewick Man.
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