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Burke Museum-Natural History
NE 45th St & 17th Ave NE, Seattle, WA | Map it
(206) 543-5590 | View Website
NE 45th St & 17th Ave NE, Seattle, WA | Map it
(206) 543-5590 | View Website
The burke. The burke is a really good museum. I went for one of my classes. Their collection of NW native american artifacts and culture is amazing. It was a real learning experience. They also have a prehistoric exibit which is pretty cool. It really is a great museum.…
Old fossils make cool company in this natural history pile of three million-plus artifacts..
The Experience
Eons before Washington's dot.com era, dinosaurs reigned, glaciers ruled and volcanoes exploded. Not quite the same, the Burke offers a simulated glimpse at millions of
year's worth of geology and cultures of Pacific Rim countries. Upstairs at "Life and Times," gape at T-Rex's teenage cousin, 140-year-old Allosaurus--a bus-long skeleton with all his/her bones. Walk through the rumbling volcano or crawl inside the cast-replica of an upside down (don't ask us why) 15-million-year-old rhinoceros. Arachnophobia-types can face their fears at the "Bug Wall." Shifting into an environmental mode, chill out with a blast of "Ice Age" air. Downstairs, "Pacific Voices" makes one more reason to explore the largest collection of Pacific Northwest Native Art and artifacts west of the Mississippi.
In the Know
The Burke was founded in 1885 by a small band of teenage naturalists.…
