Collections Q&A

Burke Museum Curator of Paleobotany Dr. Caroline Strömberg answers your questions about what plants were like during the Age of Dinosaurs. 

Larval fish may be small, but they can tell us a lot about the state of our oceans! Learn from Jenna Barrett, a staff ichthyologist, about how she works with baby fish and the questions they can help us answer.

Fossils don't come out of the ground looking very camera ready. Come learn how our fossil prep staff turns hunks of rock into beautiful fossils.

Come about learn about our native garter snakes with Herpetology Collection Manager Peter Miller and how to identify these amazing creatures. Oh, and you'll also learn how they got named after old timey socks in the first place!

The Burke Museum's new Curator of Birds, Alejandro Rico-Guevara answers five questions about his research with hummingbirds.

You asked and Rod Crawford answered! Our resident spider expert, Curator Rod Crawford, answers your spider questions in our latest Burke from Home Q&A.