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Northwest Coast totem poles
Northwest Coast totem poles greet visitors at the entrance to the Burke Museum.
Photo by Gabe Kean
» 2005 Burke in the News
November 28, 2005
Students speak out to save wildlife refuge

November 7, 2005
Spider Myths wins award from Scientific American

November 7, 2005
Spider Myths selected as one of USA Today's Hot Sites (Archived Copy)

November 7, 2005
The Burke's Spider Man: Rob Crawford

October 21, 2005
Photo: Skeleton Cast of Dromornis Stirtoni

October 18, 2005
Two new exhibits showcase Native American glass artists

October 6, 2005
Burke Museum first in country to offer safety check for tribal artifacts

September 22, 2005
Burke Museum will be crawling again with amazing bugs

August 23, 2005
Everything you thought you knew about spiders is wrong, expert says

August 23, 2005
Intelligent Design not science

July 25, 2005
UW expert reels in the mysteries of fish sex, nets award

July 15, 2005
Kennewick Man gives up secrets, but more questions arise after first study of ancient bones.

June 25, 2005
Seattleite Subhankar Banerjee's photos of Arctic 'Life and Land' are winning hearts

June 24, 2005
Break from summer to experience the Arctic at the Burke

February 24, 2005
Kennewick Man study outlined

January 27, 2005
Burke Museum attracts the unknown

January 27, 2005
UW loses proponent of indigenous perspectives

January 27, 2005
Anne Gerber, Seattle art collector and benefactor, dead at 94

January 27, 2005
Underwater lumber could fund Burke

January 21, 2005
Artifact Identification Day

January 21, 2005
What is it? Ask the Burke

January 14, 2005
500 million-year-old fossils brought to life at the Burke
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