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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
» 2007 Burke in the News
November 2, 2007
Wild wolves and whales at the Burke

November 1, 2007
UW fish collection becomes part of the Burke Museum

October 7, 2007
Anthropology: the great divide

October 5, 2007
‘Giant Squid’ explores deep-sea mystery

October 4, 2007
Burke exhibit illustrates science of sea monsters

September 27, 2007
Short Trips: 'Squid's' tentacles reach far, far back in time at the Burke Museum

September 24, 2007
UW's albino ratfish is 1 in 7 million

September 22, 2007
Ancient remains finally return to tribe

September 22, 2007
Mysterious squid to make a splash at Seattle museum

June 17, 2007
A Burke Museum photo exhibit is part of a plan to save the Rockies

June 14, 2007
‘Yellowstone to Yukon’: Burke exhibit showcases photos

June 14, 2007
The Burke does again what it does best

June 14, 2007
Meet wildlife photographer Florian Schulz

May 4, 2007
Burke Museum culls from its collection for 'In the Spirit of the Ancestors'

May 4, 2007
Rare surprise for Yakima man: a forest of stone

April 17, 2007
The many faces of Northwest native art

April 11, 2007
Burke Museum's work keeps ancient treasures safe

April 5, 2007
Every exhibit tells its own unique story to curator Whiteman

April 3, 2007
Antarctic fossil prompts rethink about amphibian history

March 24, 2007
New Zealand Prime Minister Visits Burke Museum

March 22, 2007
The Burke shows off its best contemporary Native American art in 'Spirit of the Ancestors'

March 5, 2007
Snoqualmie woman finds hairy spider from bunch of bananas

January 28, 2007
T'xwelatse Comes Home

January 11, 2007
Niger Treasure

January 9, 2007
New clues to the past: Team finds previously undiscovered fossils on Niger trip
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