Current Exhibits - Burke Museum

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.

Special Exhibits
	Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition: Indigenous Voices Reply Saturday May 30 – Sunday November 29, 2009 One hundred years after the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (A-Y-P), the Burke Museum has organized A-Y-P: Indigenous Voices Reply, an exhibit that will juxtapose historic objects and photographs from the 1909 fair with contemporary artwork by 16 Native artists to explore how the representation and understanding of indigenous people and cultures has changed over 100 years.	Wondrous Cold Saturday October 3 – Sunday November 29, 2009 A new exhibit at the Burke Museum offers a glimpse at the life of researchers on the world's most hostile continent - Antarctica - through large format photographs, displays of camp equipment, and presentations of recent research findings from the University of Washington.

Displays
	Killer Whale by Preston Singletary 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
	Life and Times of Washington State 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...	Pacific Voices 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.

	Erna Gunther Ethnobotanical Garden 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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