This Place Called Home

When: Part of an on-going series or exhibition during Washington Weekend. See below for details.
Where: Burke Museum - View Map
Cost: UW Alumni receive free admission all weekend. Regular museum admission for general public.
Contact: Burke Museum Information, burkepr@u.washington.edu, 206-543-5590
More information:
http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/

The Burke's exhibit of Plateau materials from its permanent collection, This Place Called Home, brings to life with beautiful examples the many types of materials depicted in Lee Moorhouse's 1898–1915 photographs, including beadwork, cradle boards, cornhusk bags, baskets, blankets, and more. It also includes video interviews with tribal elders recorded by Burke staff members. Commenting on objects in the exhibit, the elders discuss the photographs and objects that include, in some cases, their own family heirlooms and ancestors.

Guest Curator Miles R. Miller, of the Yakama and Nez Perce tribes, selected the complementary objects from the Burke's collection in collaboration with Dr. James Nason, in an effort to bring the photographed historic subjects to life through three-dimensional objects. Says Miller, "This exhibition means more to me than 'we are still here.' It's about tradition, it's about memory and how artists are taught and continue to teach visual expressions of the Columbia Plateau—this place I call home."