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Idaho Wildflowers App

High Country Apps

The Burke Museum Herbarium and its partners have released plant identification apps for the wildflowers of Idaho.

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Washington Wildflowers App

High Country Apps

The Burke Museum Herbarium and its partners have released plant identification apps for the wildflowers of Washington. 

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Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria

Burke Museum Herbarium

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

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Pocket Bats

Santana Lab

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

Burke Museum

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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The Burke Museum's collection consists of more than 18 million biological, geological and cultural objects from Washington state and around the world; over 10 million are accessible through our online databases.

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The Waterlines Project

Explore the dramatic changes to Seattle's landscapes and shorelines through The Waterlines Project.

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Puget Sound Foram Research Project

Tiny one-celled marine organisms that live on the sea floor and have a big story to tell about the health of Puget Sound. 

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Coast Salish Art

An introduction to the art of the First Peoples of western Washington and southwestern British Columbia who speak the Coast Salish languages.

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New video project creates shared definitions of common DEAI words through storytelling

Through personal stories and unique perspectives, this video series presents community members' interpretation of words like decolonization and diversity, and invites viewers to reflect on their own definitions.

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Meet the Paleontologists Visiting the Burke

The paleontology collections have been busy with visiting researchers. Let's meet a few!

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Estella Leopold: Researching the past to inform the present

Dr. Estella Leopold, a pioneering paleobiologist and professor emerita of biology at UW, passed away on February 25, 2024, at the age of 97.

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