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The Burke, unwrapped
"Washington’s oldest museum gets a new home and a bold new approach — an open design that puts both artifacts and researchers on display."
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Native American Food Truck Off the Rez Plans Permanent Outpost at New Burke Museum
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.
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New Burke Museum will have a striking and symbolic work of art
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.
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New Burke Museum opens Oct. 12
Check out the grand opening lineup of events and activities for the weekend of Oct. 12-14, 2019.
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Notice a bunny boom? Here are some reasons for the Seattle area’s recent rise in rabbits
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.
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Video: ‘Pickled’ sharks from the UW Burke Museum fish collection
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.
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Friend or foe? Fun facts about sharks
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.
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First book published on fishes of the Salish Sea
“Fishes of the Salish Sea” is a three-volume book and is the culmination of more than 40 years of research.
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This three-decade mission to catalog local fish turned into a literary work of art
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.
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All the Burke needs is ‘U’
Why the ‘U’ is missing on the new Burke Museum sign.
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Bats evolved diverse skull shapes due to echolocation, diet
Postdoctoral researchers Jessica Arbour and Abigail Curtis and Sharlene Santana, associate professor at the Burke Museum, focused on the diversity among bat skulls.
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Flowering plants, new teeth and no dinosaurs: New study sheds light on the rise of mammals
A new study identified three factors critical in the rise of mammal communities since they first emerged during the Age of Dinosaurs.
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UW’s Burke Museum moves to a new space less than 500 feet away
The 113,000-square-foot building is the 21st-century version of the 57-year-old cramped museum.
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How not to run anyone over with a dinosaur: The Burke Museum moves into its new digs
The Burke Museum is moving its collection, including seldom-seen objects, to its new home, which is scheduled to open in the fall.
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Iguana-sized dinosaur cousin discovered in Antarctica, shows how life at the South Pole bounced back after mass extinction
Scientists have just discovered a dinosaur relative that lived in Antarctica 250 million years ago. The iguana-sized reptile’s genus name, Antarctanax, means Antarctic king.