News & Stories

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

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

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

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

Support the opportunity to co-create stories.

Supporting the Burke means supporting the future of education.

With your support, we can take a closer look at our world.

Burke Museum Curator of Paleobotany Dr. Caroline Stömberg shares how paleobotany, the study of fossil plants, can teach us about past environments and climates, and help us to better predict what the future might look like.

Ninety-five years of boundless curiosity, of limitless sharing of skills and knowledge, of earnest creating of connections across generations, across cultures, is the cherished legacy we have all received from him.