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2024 DIG Field School Classroom Connections | Part 3

March 1, 2025

Meet some of the amazing teachers who joined us at DIG Field School this summer.

Research Family welcomes Prime Minister Mata’afa to the Burke Museum

January 17, 2025

Prime Minister of Samoa Fiame Naomi Mata’afa and Minister of Justice Matamua Seumanu Vasati Sili Pulufana visited the Burke Museum.

2024 DIG Field School Classroom Connections | Part 2

December 30, 2024

Meet some of the amazing teachers who joined us at DIG Field School this summer.

2024 Burke Museum Report to the Community

November 1, 2024

Our greatest resource is our community.

Carrie Tribble is a fun-gal (...biodiversity researcher)

October 8, 2024

Meet our new Herbarium Curator, Dr. Carrie Tribble.

DIG Field School 2024 Recap

September 20, 2024

Looking back at the 2024 DIG Field School.

2024 DIG Field School Classroom Connections | Part 1

September 13, 2024

Meet some of the amazing teachers who joined us at DIG Field School this summer.

Otters, Tools, and Teeth: A success story

May 28, 2024

A new study has found that sea otters are able to eat harder, larger prey and reduce tooth damage by using tools.

Burke Museum receives NEA grant for upcoming exhibition, Woven in Wool

May 15, 2024

$50,000 award comes from the Endowment’s Grants for Arts Projects program.

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Spider Myths

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Images and information about bloom time, habitat, and distribution range for the plants and fungi species that grow wild in Washington state.

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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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