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Two crew members use a lift to install the letter E on the new Burke sign

A sign that the New Burke is on the way

May 21, 2018

The first of two new signs was installed at the New Burke earlier today!

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Going to the end of the Earth to uncover fossil life in Antarctica

May 9, 2018

A paleontology research expedition to Antarctica—one of the most difficult places to do fieldwork in the world.

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Three Burke Museum staff wear hardhats and safety vests while moving the first object into the new Burke Museum--a pressed plant specimen

A fitting first object: Madrone tree specimen moves into the New Burke

April 17, 2018

A specimen from a tree that once stood on the site of the new Burke Museum is the first object to be moved into the new building.

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An illustration of the new species of dolphin

New species of fossil dolphin from the Pacific Northwest

April 16, 2018

Meet Wimahl chinookensis, a new species of fossil dolphin that lived about 18 million years ago in the waters of the Pacific Northwest.

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The soles of the Japanese Gulch

April 13, 2018

Researcher Ashley Pickard visits the Burke Museum to study shoe samples from the Japanese Gulch archaeological site.

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A computer model of the welcome figure planned for the New Burke lobby

Coast Salish art piece will welcome visitors to the New Burke

April 9, 2018

The Burke Museum has commissioned a Coast Salish art piece for the lobby of the New Burke.

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Construction on the New Burke is complete

March 28, 2018

Less than two years later after the New Burke’s groundbreaking, construction is complete!

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Decade of fossil collecting in Africa gives new perspective on Triassic period

March 28, 2018

UW paleontologists, including Burke curator Christian Sidor, have uncovered new fossils in Zambia and Tanzania.

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Fossilized remains of prehistoric seal is a new species

March 22, 2018

Visiting researcher Dr. Robert Bossenecker recently discovered a new species of prehistoric seal in the Burke’s paleontology collection.

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