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Current Exhibits
The Burke Museum features changing exhibits for the general public to enjoy on subjects ranging from current research and recent discoveries in natural history to the finest traditional and contemporary cultural arts.
<em>Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway</em>


Special Exhibits
Saturday December 19, 2009 – Monday May 31, 2010

This premiere of a nationally-touring exhibit will take visitors on a "road trip" through the American West to learn about our region’s intriguing fossils and the stories they tell about the past, based on the book by the celebrated duo Ray Troll and Kirk Johnson.

 
 
Displays
Monday July 13, 2009 – Friday July 9, 2010

Tlingit artist Preston Singletary's Killer Whale glass sculpture is a new piece for the museum's permanent collection. Video footage of Singletary creating the sculpture in November 2008 at the Museum of Glass accompanies the display.

 
 
Long-term Exhibits

Ongoing

Over 500 million years of geological history! Lethal lava, grinding glaciers, and rampaging reptiles—marvel at the natural forces that shaped Washington's landscape, and at the amazing animals that once lived here...

Ongoing

Over 17 different cultures represented. Immerse yourself in the lives of native peoples from around the Pacific; learn about their arts, ceremonies and personal stories.

 
 

Ongoing

With more than 100 species of plant life from both sides of the Cascades, the garden features plants important to Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest.

Location: East side of the Burke Museum, near the front entrance




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