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Acknowledging the Land, Building Deeper Relationships

August 24, 2021

Burke Museum Tribal Liaison and Yakama Nation member Polly Olsen shares the work and relationships involved in creating land acknowledgements. 

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More Pepper, Please

August 11, 2021

New study analyzes role of scent compounds in the co-evolution of bats and pepper plants.

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New DNA Study Provides Critical Information on Conserving Rainforest Lizards

August 2, 2021

A recent study published in the journal Biotropica by Burke Museum researchers provides an important roadmap to conserving rough-nosed horned lizards (Ceratophora aspera) in Sri Lanka. 

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Herbarium Foray program: Celebrating 25 years of collection and community

July 28, 2021

The Herbarium celebrates its 25th Annual Foray.

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Happy Golden Anniversary to Rod Crawford at the Burke Museum!

July 27, 2021

Rod Crawford, Arachnology & Entomology Curatorial Associate, celebrates 50 years at the Burke!

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Behind the Scenes in the Burke malacology collections

July 13, 2021

University of Washington student Jill Kumasaka gives a tour of the Burke malacology collections.

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Juneteenth: A complicated holiday

June 18, 2021

A Juneteenth message from Burke Museum Director of Education, Dr. Alvin Logan, Jr.

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The Burke Museum and Woodland Park Zoo are Dino-Mite!

May 17, 2021

The Burke Museum and Woodland Park Zoo have joined together for the lively Wild at Heart partnership series to celebrate local cultural organizations.

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Reconnect: 2021 Virtual Spring Gala | Polly Olsen (Yakama), Burke Museum Tribal Liaison

April 23, 2021

Support the opportunity to co-create stories.

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The archaeology of Seattle's West Point

A 1992 construction site led to a significant discovery of cultural remains of local Native Americans that lived at and used the site for thousands of years.

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Pocket Bats

Download and print Pocket Bat cards and you can have a variety of 3D augmented reality bat skulls right in your pocket.

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Washington Wildflowers App

The Burke Museum Herbarium and its partners have released plant identification apps for the wildflowers of Washington. 

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