Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture

Seattle’s Burke Museum took delivery of what’s recognized as one of the finest Tyrannosaurus rex skulls in the world today, but there are still more bones out in Montana to add to the treasure.

Paleontologists from the UW's Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture have discovered the fossil remains of a Tyrannosaurus rex, including a 4-foot-long skull, and they’re bringing the goods home.

A visitor to the Burke Museum's "Wild Nearby" exhibit on the North Cascades can stand in a reconstructed version of the long-gone lookout atop the 8,000-foot summit of Crater Mountain.

Challenging perceptions about the academic contributions of men of color and student athletes.

Jack Horner is leaving the Montana museum he spent decades filling with fossils from across the globe. Horner will help open the UW's new Burke Museum as a part-time research associate.

A mysterious set of 9,000-year-old bones, unearthed nearly 20 years ago in Washington, is finally going home.

More than 500 people gathered May 18 on the UW Seattle campus to celebrate the start of construction on the New Burke Museum.

Biologists at the University of Washington and the Burke Museum of History and Culture are shedding light on so-called “carnivorous bats.”

Recently honored by the Western Museum Association, Burke Museum Executive Director Julie Stein discusses her years at the museum.

This December, Sven Haakanson Jr., curator of North American Anthropology at the Burke Museum, is creating a full-size replica of an Angyaaq, the Native boat made by the Sugpiat of Alaska.

Researchers have identified a fossil found in the San Juan Islands as a dinosaur bone dating back 80 million years.

Anthropology major Alina Aleaga developed curricula that encourage Pacific Islander students to explore their heritage—and the Burke Museum.

Washington State has its first dinosaur. Researchers at the Burke Museum and UW Biology say they excavated a weathered, 80 million year old thighbone from a beach on Sucia Island in the San Juans.

Washington just became the 37th state to find a confirmed dinosaur fossil -- and it may be the last.

Scientists have uncovered Washington's first dinosaur fossil, in a state park on the San Juan Islands.