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2024 DIG Field School Classroom Connections | Part 3

March 1, 2025

Meet some of the amazing teachers who joined us at DIG Field School this summer.

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Prime Minister of Samoa Fiame Naomi Mata’afa

Research Family welcomes Prime Minister Mata’afa to the Burke Museum

January 17, 2025

Prime Minister of Samoa Fiame Naomi Mata’afa and Minister of Justice Matamua Seumanu Vasati Sili Pulufana visited the Burke Museum.

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2024 DIG Field School Classroom Connections | Part 2

December 30, 2024

Meet some of the amazing teachers who joined us at DIG Field School this summer.

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2024 Burke Museum Report to the Community

November 1, 2024

Our greatest resource is our community.

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Carrie Tribble is a fun-gal (...biodiversity researcher)

October 8, 2024

Meet our new Herbarium Curator, Dr. Carrie Tribble.

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DIG Field School 2024 Recap

September 20, 2024

Looking back at the 2024 DIG Field School.

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2024 DIG Field School Classroom Connections | Part 1

September 13, 2024

Meet some of the amazing teachers who joined us at DIG Field School this summer.

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Otters, Tools, and Teeth: A success story

May 28, 2024

A new study has found that sea otters are able to eat harder, larger prey and reduce tooth damage by using tools.

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Burke Museum receives NEA grant for upcoming exhibition, Woven in Wool

May 15, 2024

$50,000 award comes from the Endowment’s Grants for Arts Projects program.

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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.

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Mammal Diversity

An interactive tree diagram showing the pathways of relatedness and historical evolution of today’s 29 different mammal orders.

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Spider Myths

Spider expert Rod Crawford tackles the most common myths he hears in an attempt to set the record straight about spiders.

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