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Members Lean into Learning: Education

Sunday, September 18, 2022
10 AM – 2 PM

 

Burke members are invited to drop by the Learning Lab to try out some activities with the Burke Education team.

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Virtual Tour: Nancy Kovalik's Collection of Northwest Coast Native Art

Sunday, September 18
3 PM

Join the Bill Holm Center and the Friends of Native Art for a special virtual tour of Joe & Nancy Kovalik's collections of Northwest Native Art

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Summer of Learning Celebration

Sunday, August 28, 2022
10 AM – 5 PM

 

A special FREE day in honor of youth participants of The Seattle Public Library Summer of Learning program.

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What's in a Story? Keeping a Story Alive Without Writing

Thursday, May 19
11 AM 

Join Samoan storyteller Kiana Fuega for a lively presentation about how people across Moananuiākea (the vast Pacific) kept account of their surroundings and histories without ever having a written language. 

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Members Lean Into Learning: Archaeology

Sunday, May 22
10 AM – 2 PM

Burke members are invited to drop by the Learning Lab for hands-on archaeology activities.

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Dino Lecture: The Last of the Dinosaurs

Thursday, June 16, 2022
5:30–7 PM

What happened to life on Earth during the Cretaceous, the end of the Age of Dinosaurs?

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Dino Fest 2025

Saturday, May 10, 2025
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Dig into paleontology at the Burke’s annual festival of fossils! 

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Tlingit Art—History, Form, and Present with James Johnson

Thursday, April 14
7 PM

Join us for a conversation with Tlingit carver James Johnson moderated by Bill Holm Center Assistant Director, Bridget Johnson.

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Celebrate Holi! Spring Festival of Colors from South Asia

Sunday, March 24
11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Join the Burke Museum & Hindi Time Kids to experience Holi, the South Asian Festival of Colors.

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"medicine beaver" by Norman Tait

Northwest Coast Indigenous Art—Theft and Fraud

Tuesday, March 15
7 PM

Lucinda Turner will discuss the theft and fraud in Northwest Coast Indigenous Art she has witnessed over the last four years.

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