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The University of Washington Fish
Collection is a state-supported facility shared between the Burke Museum and
the School of Aquatic and Fishery
Sciences, located on the University of
Washington campus in Seattle, Washington, USA.
- The UW Fish
Collection is now part of the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture!
Click Here to learn
more about the Burke.
- Collection
now contains 7,314,865 specimens of eggs and larvae and 313,742 adult
specimens in 125,444 lots
Our primary mission is to support
teaching and research in the areas of ichthyology, fisheries biology, aquatic
biology, conservation, and biodiversity, and to provide a source of
ichthyological information for the public. Towards this end, we maintain a
large archival collection of preserved fishes from the Pacific Northwest and
around the world, and we make this valuable material available for study both
to visitors in the collection and through a program of gifts, loans, and
exchanges. Fish Collection staff and resources play an important role in undergraduate
and graduate education within the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, and
our school outreach program is very popular. We also provide a variety of tours
for other interested parties, and field many inquiries from the press and
public concerning mysterious fishes and other ichthyological matters.
In September 1995 we established
our web site with the following goals: increase public awareness of the Fish
Collection; facilitate communication with its staff; increase utilization by
researchers; and provide online access to our collection databases.
We hope that you find our site
both informative and fun to visit. Please note that you can click on the
"Fish Collection" banner at the top of any page to return to our
homepage. Your suggestions for additional features or changes to existing
features are welcome; please send them to Katherine Maslenikov.