Do the "Kidd Valley Hamburger Hunt" at the Burke Museum and find out the connection between hamburgers and paleontology. Now through March 20, 2010, all intrepid hamburger scavengers that are able to locate the correct number of hamburgers in the current exhibit Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway will receive a gift from Kidd Valley and the Burke Museum. Stop in and satisfy your hamburger curiosity! More...

The Burke Museum is hosting Rocking Out, a group of UW graduate and undergraduate student committed to public education in the earth sciences. Rocking Out students will be in the Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway gallery with hands-on specimens and fun activities from 10 am - 2 pm on the following Saturdays: Feb. 13, Feb. 27, and March 13. Drop in and learn!

The All Roads Film Festival is a National Geographic initiative created to provide an international platform for indigenous and underrepresented minority-culture artists to share their cultures, stories, and perspectives through the power of film and photography. This year, filmmakers from New Zealand, Israel, Peru, Mexico, Paraguay, Bolivia, Canada, and the United States are represented.

Included in price of admission; free for Burke members. Pre-registration is highly recommended as seating is limited. All films are recommended for mature audiences. To download a festival schedule or to pre-register, visit IslandWood's website at www.islandwood.org. For additional information, call 206-855-4300.

Can dinosaurs be brought back to life? Is there a velociraptor lurking in the cells of every chicken? Does extinction have to be forever? Dr. Jack Horner, one of the most influential paleontologists of our time, will tackle these questions and more during the Thomas Burke Memorial Lecture. More...

This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required to save a seat. To RSVP, please click here.

This event is sponsored by the Hugh and Jane Ferguson Foundation. 

For twenty-five years, Dino Day has delighted children and adults by bringing the best of the Burke Museum's fossil collection out of storage. This year, visitors to Dino Day will take a "journey through time," as they discover the fossil record and what it tells us about the place of dinosaurs in the deep march of time. More...

View images from last year's Dinosaur Day here.

Burke members receive priority admission to this family-friendly event starting at 9 am.

Included in price of admission; free for Burke members. This event is sponsored by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation and the Hugh and Jane Ferguson Foundation. 

Author Anthony Brandt will share the enthralling and often harrowing history of the adventurers who searched for the Northwest Passage, the holy grail of nineteenth-century British exploration. "The Man Who Ate His Boots" is a rich and engaging work of narrative history that captures the glory and folly of this ultimately tragic enterprise. Co-sponsored by The University Bookstore. This event is free to the public.

Join award-winning authors Lynda Mapes, Jack Nisbet, and Susan Zwinger in a workshop devoted to writing about the environment. Starting at the Burke Museum and ending at the Center for Urban Horticulture, this one-day program will include classroom and field-based sessions. Lynda, Jack, and Susan bring unique and complementary perspectives as naturalists, journalists, instructors, and historians who have written deeply and provocatively about landscapes wild and urban. Lunch will be provided.

$100 registration fee; 10% discount for Burke members. Scholarships for students available with valid student ID. Sign up soon as class space is limited. To register, e-mail burked@u.washington.edu or call 206-543-5591.