News & Stories

In early 2021, the Burke Museum invited four distinguished scholars to conduct its own academic review—the very first completed in the museum’s 136-year history.

Being reaccredited by the American Alliance of Museums is the museum field’s gold standard of excellence.

The Burke Museum is creating new research, educational models, and public programs that will advance our mission in unexpected, important, and wonderful ways. 

The Núun ken’witnéewit (Our way of Weaving) artist family concluded their grant with a gifting ceremony at the Burke Museum.

A new study traces the first tusks back to ancient mammal relatives that lived before the dinosaurs.

The Burke Museum is excited to announce grant applications are open for Native artists to visit the museum’s cultural collections. 

October 11 is a day of honor for the Indigenous people of this land.

Learn how three Burke Museum staff members celebrate Latinx Heritage Month and how their culture influences their work and home life.

A team of Burke Museum and University of Washington paleontologists excavated four dinosaurs in northeastern Montana this summer.