Musée Burke d'histoire naturelle et de culture - Seattle, Washington

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Le musée Burke d'histoire naturelle et de culture (en anglais, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture) est un musée d'État de Washington depuis 1899. Il est situé sur le campus de l'université de Washington à Seattle.

C'est le seul musée d'histoire naturelle d'importance dans le Nord-Ouest américain et le plus vieux musée d'État. Sa collection comprend plus de 12 millions d'objets et de spécimens dont des totems, des gemmes et des fossiles de dinosaures.
C'est au musée Burke qu'ont été conservés les ossements de l'homme préhistorique de Kennewick, découvert en 1996, durant le temps de la controverse scientifique et juridique concernant l'origine de cet homme.

En octobre 2019, le musée Burke intégrera un nouveau bâtiment construit à proximité de celui d'origine. Musée Burke d'histoire naturelle et de culture
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Vivian Kwan

Made a special trip to the Burke Museum while the Rare Air exhibit was on display. I went with a friend on a Sunday. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that free parking was available on a Sunday, so that was a great bonus!

I was greeted by Sophie, who is currently a Receptionist at the Burke. She is personable and knowledgeable about the current exhibits on display. She made me feel welcomed and even more excited about my visit.

The Rare Air Exhibit is happening from now through March 31, 2025. I highly recommend attending if you are a bird, bee, or bat lover. The art is fantastic and the displays are filled with a ton of fun knowledge.

It was great to re-experience the permanent displays at the Burke, as well as to see what the scientists and staff are working on there too!

Overall, the admission is worth it! Go support this institution and the work that they do. You won’t regret it.

Anna E.

Fantastic museum. The first floor features Arts and Cultures, the second floor is dedicated to Biology, and the third floor focuses on Paleontology and Archaeology. My favorite part of this museum is that, no matter which floor you're on, you can see workspaces and, at times, people working on their projects within those spaces. The Biology floor has a dissection area (prep lab) where you can watch people working on animals. I’m always surprised to see many children there watching. The preparation of animals can be quite graphic, but I think it’s a good way to learn about this aspect of the life cycle.

The museum's organization is also impressive. Each workspace has a whiteboard containing information about what you're observing.
During my recent visit, I saw an employee working on the remains of a Pachycephalosaurus. He also had a mini lego display of his workspace—super cute and creative.

Louise Boilevin

Awsome well done museum of natural history and I love how they show the prehistoric side of Seattle and Washington state. Its 3 levels. Lots to see . They got kid areas. Elevator , washrooms, food place , gift shop, parking , and they give discount if you have a public transportation ticket. Lots of indigenous artifacts , its nearby bus stops and U-district station. You can get tickets at the door ...staff friendly and they have scientists doing live work on site too .

Melinda S Roll

Wow what a beautiful museum and fun interactive museum great for all ages. My favorite part was the many active science labs with work archeologists and biologists. This reminds me of the Museum of Natural History in NYC, wow UW well done!

Heather

A wonderful and informative museum with displays put together very well! A few of the exhibits were interactive as well, I quite enjoyed this museum. Admission is free for all University of Washington students.

Daniel Sharpe

A great space for kids and families who love science and biology! We went for the fossils and stayed for the kids activities.

Special exhibit displays kept the topics and concepts shifting from floor to floor, and kept things interesting for even the youngest museum-goers.