Traveling Exhibits - Burke Museum

Traveling Exhibits Service

Reaching a vast and diverse audience, the Burke Museum Traveling Exhibits Service brings natural history, cultural heritage, scholarship, and research directly to communities and neighborhoods across the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

Each traveling exhibition comes with educational resources and publicity kit.

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Now Available:

	*Arctic Wings: Miracle of Migration* Arctic Wings showcases the work of seven photographers whose images help tell remarkable stories of how more than 190 migratory species of birds from throughout the world depend on Arctic habitats for nesting and survival.
	Coffee: The World in Your Cup — NEW! Coffee explores how coffee — one of the world’s most widely traded commodities — affects cultures, economies, and environments around the world. Engaging maps, photos, text, selected artifacts, and audiovisual presentations illuminate the fascinating world of stories behind the coffee we drink and will enable visitors to become informed consumers.
	Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway — NEW! Based on the book of the same title by celebrated artist Ray Troll and paleontologist Kirk Johnson, Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway creatively explores how and why fossils shed light on Earth's past. Framed color prints of Troll's whimsical illustrations and text from the book appeals to visitors of all ages. This exhibit provides an ideal backdrop for exhibitors to showcase fossils from their own collections.
	*The Big One: Earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest* The Big One addresses key questions that every Northwestener should know — Why are earthquakes inevitable here? What hazards do they present? What can we do to prepare?
	*Fast Moving Water: The Hoh River Story* Fast Moving Water captures the dramatic beauty of the Hoh River, one of only a few virtually intact and pristine rivers in the contiguous United States. Accompanying text panels and captions illuminate the rich history and cultural significance of the river, along with the efforts by environmentalists, local communities, tribes, and government to protect and preserve the river.
	*Kennewick Man on Trial* Kennewick Man on Trial explores the important legal, ethical, and scientific issues raised by the discovery of the archaeological remains known as Kennewick Man — unearthed in July 1996 ten feet from the shore of the Columbia River in Kennewick, WA.
	*The Last Polar Bear: Facing the Truth of a Warming World* The Last Polar Bear features how the polar bear — a charismatic icon in the struggle against climate change — faces a precarious future as its Arctic habitat rapidly continues to melt away.
	*Yellowstone to Yukon: Freedom to Roam* Yellowstone to Yukon features stunning photographs of the Rocky Mountain West by German-born Florian Schulz and documents the ambitious effort to preserve wildlife corridors from Yellowstone National Park to Canada’s Yukon Territories. Such corridors would link existing parks and public lands to ensure the survival of one of the world’s last intact mountain ecosystems.

Interested in booking a traveling exhibition? For more information on availability, participation fees, exhibition specifications, requirements, and descriptions, please contact:

Mark R. Hand
Traveling Exhibitions Coordinator
The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
University of Washington
Box 353010
Seattle, WA 98195-3010
Phone: 206-616-0268
Email: mrhand@u.washington.edu


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