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A blue tyrannosaurus demonstrates walking techniques

Dinosaur Movement with Dr. John Hutchinson | Dino Lectures

March 12, 2018

World-renowned Tyrannosaurus rex expert Dr. John Hutchinson shares the latest research on how dinosaurs moved.

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A pocket full of bats

January 30, 2018

The “Pocket Bats!” outreach program uses augmented reality to allow people to hold replicas of bat skulls in the palm of their hand.

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The cedar branches

Blessing the move to the New Burke

January 4, 2018

Tribal leaders offered a cedar brushing ceremony to acknowledge the commitment of the Burke community during the move.

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Connecting with Japanese Gulch Artifacts

December 20, 2017

Archaeologist Chris Yamamoto visits the Burke to view artifacts found in the Japanese Gulch.

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A hand holds a finished crooked knife with a wooden handle

Tool-making workshop engages and inspires

December 4, 2017

Visiting researcher Tyson Simmons teamed up with the Bill Holm Center to host a tool-making workshop.

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Artists and researchers gather together for the basketry workshop

Basketry workshops bring together communities

December 4, 2017

Hands-on basketry workshop to share object-handling knowledge across communities.

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A woman researcher in a workroom takes photographs of reptile bones

The temperature of reptiles then and now

November 30, 2017

Visiting researcher Sara ElShafie looks at the effects of climate change on prehistoric reptiles.

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Two men kneel on a rock outcrop and use small tools to remove rock and dirt away from fossils in the ground

Collecting fossils at the Petrified Forest National Park

November 27, 2017

The Burke’s Paleontology team ventured to the Petrified Forest and found specimens that can answer questions about the Late Triassic period.

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A boat decorated with blue, white and yellow and a painted eye

Reviving a Jukung through Burke Museum collections

November 27, 2017

Burke researchers learn more about the Burke’s Balinese “jukung” outrigger canoe.

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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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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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Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria

More than 2.4 million plant, fungal, lichen, and algal specimen records from the Pacific Northwest.