Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture

In the arts, purchase tickets for the New Burke Opening Weekend, attend a rare duet setting performance by two School of Music faculty members, and more!

"Washington’s oldest museum gets a new home and a bold new approach — an open design that puts both artifacts and researchers on display."

Off the Rez food truck — which has been serving acclaimed Native American cuisine around the city since 2011 — will open a permanent location at the new Burke.

As the grand opening of the new Burke Museum gets closer, workers have been busy installing a large mural in the new natural-history museum.

Check out the grand opening lineup of events and activities for the weekend of Oct. 12-14, 2019. 

Jim Kenagy, UW professor emeritus of biology and emeritus curator of mammals at the Burke Museum, explains why we might be seeing an uptick in bunnies in the region.

The Burke Museum has North America’s largest fish collection that houses a number of sharks, including many species that live in Pacific Northwest waters.

Sharks often get a bad rap, even though most species are harmless to humans, says Katherine Maslenikov, manager of the UW Fish Collection at the Burke Museum.

“Fishes of the Salish Sea” is a three-volume book and is the culmination of more than 40 years of research.

These Washington researchers have made sure that the identities — and vivid colors — of the fish that live beneath the surface in our waters is known.

Why the ‘U’ is missing on the new Burke Museum sign.

Postdoctoral researchers Jessica Arbour and Abigail Curtis and Sharlene Santana, associate professor at the Burke Museum, focused on the diversity among bat skulls.

A new study identified three factors critical in the rise of mammal communities since they first emerged during the Age of Dinosaurs.

The 113,000-square-foot building is the 21st-century version of the 57-year-old cramped museum.

The Burke Museum is moving its collection, including seldom-seen objects, to its new home, which is scheduled to open in the fall.