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Free First Thursday

First Thursday of each month
10 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Admission is FREE and the museum is open until 8 p.m. on the first Thursday of every month.

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Celebration of Stories with The Seattle Public Library

Sunday, August 27, 2023

10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

A celebration The Seattle Public Library's Summer of Learning program participants

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Experience Alcoves | Water

Daily 
June 24 – September 14, 2025

Learn about the significance of water, from Washington waterways to ancient oceans.

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DIG Field School Webinar: Paleontology Pathways

Monday, June 2, 2025

Choose a time that works
best for your class schedule

9:30–10:15 a.m. OR
11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Join paleontologists from the University of Washington as they share their research and discuss the skills needed to pursue careers in the geosciences.

Recommended for Grade 3 and up.

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DIG Field School Webinar: Ask a Paleontologist

Monday, June 12
9:30 a.m.

Join a discussion with researchers from the University of Washington as they share their experience in the lab and in the field.
Recommended for elementary school students.

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Dino Lecture | Living Large: Life as a Sauropod

Friday, June 23, 2023
7 p.m.

During this talk, vertebrate paleontologist Jeff Wilson Mantilla will dig into the remarkable research he has conducted on sauropod dinosaurs and paleobiogeography of the Indian Subcontinent. 

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Not Native American Art? Forgeries, Replicas, and Other Vexed Identities

Thursday, May 11
5 p.m.

Janet Catherine Berlo's talk, adapted from the introduction to her forthcoming book, Not Native American Art, considers notions of replicas, copies, forgeries, and pastiches as they apply to archaeological, historical, and contemporary Native arts of North America.

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We Are Puget Sound Family Day

Sunday, June 4
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

An all-ages event celebrating the opening of We Are Puget Sound.

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Living Through the Arts: Tlingit Artist Shaadootlaa Tinaayeil Iyall

Thursday, April 20
7 p.m.

Tlingit artist Shaadootlaa Tinaayeil Iyall will share the latest weaving she is working on, the time-consuming process of gathering and preparing materials to weave, and the weaving process itself.

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We Are Puget Sound Member Preview Event

Friday, June 2
6–9 p.m.

Celebrate the opening of We Are Puget Sound with early members-only access! 

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Land Acknowledgement: The Burke Museum stands on the lands of the Coast Salish Peoples, whose ancestors have resided here since time immemorial. Many Indigenous peoples thrive in this place — alive and strong.

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