Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture

The new Burke Museum exhibit, 'Cruisin' the Fossil Coastline,' "creates a dynamic atmosphere of wonder and imagination."

This week at the UW, attend the final lecture in the Protest, Race, and Citizenship Across African Worlds series, UW Dance Presents, and more.

Kirk Johnson, paleontologist at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and co-curator of the UW Burke Museum’s new exhibit “Cruisin’ the Fossil Coastline,” describes fellow curator and artist Ray Troll’s images as “extinct animals [that] visit the modern world in daydreams.” This innovative, family-friendly exhibition is at the Burke Museum for all of March and April.

This week at the UW, join music history Professor Dr. Anne Searcy for a lecture about the dance of Hamilton, and visit UW museums that have recently reopened.

Jawbones and an assortment of teeth found in the Hell’s Creek formation of northeastern Montana are the oldest primate fossils ever discovered, according to newly published research. Gregory Wilson Mantilla, Burke Museum curator of vertebrate paleontology and professor of biology at the UW, is quoted.

In a new study, a team of paleontologists analyzed tooth samples found in Montana and determined plesiadapiforms, an ancient taxon including primates’ oldest ancestor, likely emerged 65.9 million-years-ago and lived alongside dinosaurs. Gregory Wilson Mantilla, Burke Museum curator of vertebrate paleontology and professor of biology at the UW, is quoted.

Gregory Wilson Mantilla, professor of biology and curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture, has co-led a new study analyzing several fossils of the earliest-known primates.

The shapes of fossilized teeth from 65.9 million-year-old, squirrel-like creatures suggest that the branch of the tree of life that gave rise to humans and other primates flowered while dinosaurs still walked the earth. The UW’s Gregory Wilson Mantilla, Burke Museum curator of vertebrate paleontology and professor of biology, and Brody Hovatter, a graduate student in Earth and space sciences, are quoted.

Indigenous communities in the Pacific Northwest bred little, fluffy white dogs that provided for them, both materially and spiritually. A discovery made by Coast Salish spinning researcher Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa at the UW’s Burke Museum is mentioned.

A family discovered a mammoth tooth on Camano Island while walking on the beach. The discovery was confirmed by the Burke Museum.

This episode of King 5 evening news is hosted from the Burke Museum.

King 5 News features the Burke Museum's "Burke From Home" curriculum, which provides fun and accessible materials to learn about the animals and ecosystems of Washington.

Brazilian artist Julio Lacerda produces "paleoart," hyper realistic depictions of prehistoric plants and animals. He has done illustrations for the Burke Museum, including one of a Tyrannosaurus in a forest.

The Seattle Times speaks with several Burke Museum curators to learn the story behind some of its artifacts.

Andrea Godinez, assistant director of communications at the Burke
Museum, discusses all the resources the UW's Burke Museum has to offer to
students and the public.