Squids!

Posted by: Rebecca Durkin

Desperate to know how squid mate? Curious to see the squishy innards of squid?

Well, maybe you weren’t always, but that doesn’t mean you won’t enjoy the oodles of squid knowledge you’ll pick up on the opening day event of the Burke’s newest exhibit, In Search of Giant Squid, developed by the Smithsonian Institution.

Seafarers, pirates, and families will all find something intriguing in our schedule of activities for Sat., Sept. 22, 10 am – 5 pm:

11 am – Exhibit Tour with Alan Kohn, Burke Museum Adjunct Curator of Malacology (Malacology is the study of mollusks, and giant squid are, in fact, giant mollusks)

12 noon – Squid Dissection with the Seattle Aquarium

1 pm – Learn about cutting-edge, real-time ocean observation technology with Professor of Oceanography John Delaney

2 pm – Exhibit Tour with Alan Kohn, Burke Museum Adjunct Curator of Malacology

2:30 pm – Captain John Burke and Blue Peter present songs of the sea: shanties, ballads and other lies.

4:00 pm – Poetry Readings with the Cephalopod Appreciation Society

All day – The Artful Squid crafts with Port Townsend Marine Science Center

I'll be there taking photos, as usual. You'll know me by the giant camera around my neck. Be sure to say hi and let us know you're a Burke Blog reader!

- Rebecca