By Nora Sherwood More than 400 years ago, European explorers were traveling to distant corners of the globe and discovering unfamiliar lan...

To accompany our new  Empowering Women: Artisan Cooperatives that Transform Communities  exhibit, the Burke Museum created a special dis...

Look around you and you'll notice that plastics are everywhere today. From children’s toys to parts on the Mars rover Curiosity. It’s ...

  The plastic waste generated during my month without plastics. I made it! I survived a month "without" plastic . I managed ...

By Samantha Porter  Not only have I had to rethink how and what types of foods I purchase during this month without plastics challenge...

 By Samantha Porter In last week's post , I was just starting to realize how much effort and planning it would require for me to av...

Paraphysornis brasiliensis Like many natural history museums, the Burke has a dinosaur in the lobby. Ours just happens to be a terror b...

It’s the start of a new school year, and we’re excited to see the campus and the museum full of students again! How could you be anything bu...

Sometimes at the Burke Museum, we move giant things. From whale skeletons to dinosaur bones, our collections vary and all require some exper...

Reading object labels at the museum? Thrilling blog post topic, you say. Next please! But hold on just a second, often there's more to m...

The latest Burke exhibit Weaving Heritage: Textile Masterpieces from the Burke Collection opened on Saturday. It's a beautiful exhibiti...

Just under a year ago, a UW freshman was working in a campus garden near the UW Botany Greenhouse when she stumbled upon a small artifact. S...

This past weekend, a new exhibit opened at the Burke. The International Conservation Photography Awards showcases over 75 of the best conse...

Located in the Burke Museum’s lobby, a display currently case holds some important research conducted by Burke vertebrate paleontology cura...

If you have visited the exhibit Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway in recent weekends, you may have encountered UW students hanging out in the gal...

Over the weekend, the Seattle Times' Pacific Northwest Magazine published an article examining the long-standing mystery and controver...

Although it doesn't open for another four months, many of us here at the Burke are already quite busy preparing for the next major exhib...

Back in November, glass artist Preston Singletary created a very beautiful killer whale sculpture for the Burke Museum's permanent colle...

Posted by: Julia Swan, Communications Tomorrow, the Burke opens a new exhibition called A-Y-P: Indigenous Voices Reply as part of a city-wi...

Posted by: Nicole Robert, Communications If you’ve been reading this blog, you know that there are many exciting things that go on at the Bu...