Art & Artists

Cultural objects at the Burke Museum aren’t tucked away on shelves. They are alive, embodying the knowledge, language, and stories of people and cultures.

Celebrate Grand Opening with singers, dancers, poets and DJs, and be among the first to see the New Burke!

To celebrate the 50^th anniversary of Bill Holm’s definitive book on northern Northwest Coast art, the Bill Holm Center and University of Washington Press published an updated color edition.

Contact information for tTribal governments, museums, and cultural centers in Washington, Oregon and Idaho.

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

Additional resources related to the First Peoples of Western Washington and Southwestern British Columbia who speak the Coast Salish language.

Innovative Coast Salish art being produced in the tradition of the artists' ancestors.

The tools and technologies to make canoes and other carvings.

The tools and technologies to make basketry, woven robes, canoes and other carvings.