New Burke

Celebrating the Class of 2020

Burke Museum — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 18:02:16 +0000

Celebrating the Class of 2020 Burke Museum Tue, 06/09/2020 - 11:02

How to Prepare a Fossil

Timothy Kenney — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 20:08:13 +0000

How to Prepare a Fossil Timothy Kenney Fri, 04/10/2020 - 13:08

Deciphering the "Synecdoche" mural with RYAN! Feddersen

Elliot Trotter — Sun, 01 Dec 2019 01:38:39 +0000

Deciphering the "Synecdoche" mural with RYAN! Feddersen Elliot Trotter Sat, 11/30/2019 - 17:38

Landscape & Native Plants

Cathy Morris — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 22:30:05 +0000

Landscape & Native Plants

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Cathy Morris Tue, 11/12/2019 - 14:30

For nearly four years, the Native Plant Nursery at Oxbow Farm & Conservation Center in Carnation, Washington, grew some 70,000 plants—representing more than 50 native plant species—for the new Burke Museum landscape, designed by Gustafson Guthrie Nichol (GGN).

Read the Seattle Times story

Photo: Nikki Macgregor/Burke Museum

A Camas Prairie

A key feature of the landscape is sweeping Camas meadow. Camas is a traditional food source for Native peoples throughout Washington.

For thousands of years, camas prairies have been cultivated using techniques like burning, weeding and selective harvesting. These wild camas prairies once covered much of Washington but are becoming more and more rare. Great camas, death camas, fawn lily, and chocolate lily seeds were collected by Oxbow for the Burke during a trip to the San Juan Islands in 2015.

Native peoples of Washington state have many uses and traditions associated with these plants, and intergenerational sharing continues to pass this plant knowledge from generation to generation. The Burke Camas meadow will bring a new resource for teaching and learning to our front door.

Highlights

95% of the plants in the Burke landscape were grown from seed. Growing from seed is slower, but has important long-term benefits. When plants are grown using other methods, like cuttings or dividing root balls, each new plant is genetically identical to the original plant. When grown from seed, each individual plant is genetically different from one another, creating a more resilient group of plants.
Many species were grown in the Oxbow nursery for four years before finally being planted at the Burke!
The evergreen huckleberry plants were started from seed three years ago in order to reach the size they are at the Burke now.

Oregon grape seed needs a treatment lasting 120 days in order for the seed to germinate and sometimes can take up to two seasons to germinate. On the other hand, yarrow seed can be sown and will germinate about 1 week later.
Plant species like wild ginger thrive in the moist forest understory, so Oxbow grew them in a shady space, with plenty of irrigation and organic matter in their soil to keep them happy.
Species like sedum and succulents love to be in the hot sun and remain fairly dry, so they were grown in brighter areas, sandier soil, and with careful attention to not overwatering them.

Trees

Gaultheria Shallon Mix

Salal

Gaultheria shallon

Evergreen huckleberry

Vaccinium ovatum

Virginia strawberry

Fragaria virginiana

Oregon stonecrop

Sedum oreganum

Spreading stonecrop

Sedum divergens

Broadleaf stonecrop

Sedum spathulifolium

Silverweed cinquefoil

Potentilla anserina

Sun Shrub Mix

Evergreen huckleberry

Vaccinium ovatum

Manzanita 'Martha Swan'

Arctostaphylos x media

Woodland strawberry

Fragaria vesca

Gumweed

Grindelia integrifolia

Silverweed cinquefoil

Potentilla anserina

Kinnikinnick

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Common yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Dryopteris Filix-Mas Mix

Male fern

Dryopteris filix-mas

Lady fern

Athyrium filix-femina

Western wild ginger

Asarum caudatum

False Solomon's seal

Maianthemum racemosum

False lily of the valley

Maianthemum dilatatum

Redwood sorrel

Oxalis oregana

Oak fern

Gymnocarpium dryopteris

Fringecups

Tellima grandiflora

Polystichum Munitum Mix

Sword fern

Polystichum munitum

Dwarf Oregon grape

Mahonia nervosa

Western bunchberry

Cornus unalaschkensis

Western white trillium

Trillium ovatum

Inside-Out flower

Vancouveria hexandra

Camas Field Mix

Roemer’s fescue

Festuca roemeri

Chamisso sedge

Carex pachystachya

Carex species

Columbian lewisia

Lewisia columbiana

Gumweed

Grindelia integrifolia

Fawn lily

Erythronium oregonum

Taper-tip onion

Allium acuminatum

Nodding onion

Allium cernuum

Showy fleabane

Erigeron speciosus

Fireweed

Chamaenerion angustifolium

Death camas

Toxicoscordion venenosum

Chocolate lily

Fritillaria affinis

Indian consumption plant

Lomatium nudicaule

Bladder parsnip

Lomatium utriculatum

Sicklekeel lupine

Lupinus albicaulis

Oregon sunshine

Eriophyllum lanatum

Common yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Common camas

Camassia quamash

Leichtlin's camas

Camassia leichtlinii

Photo: Rachel Ormiston/Burke Museum

The new Burke Museum is now open

Burke PR — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 07:30:54 +0000

The new Burke Museum is now open Burke PR Fri, 10/18/2019 - 00:30

Burke Museum Grand Opening Celebration

Burke Museum — Sat, 12 Oct 2019 07:22:18 +0000

Burke Museum Grand Opening Celebration Burke Museum Sat, 10/12/2019 - 00:22

Baird's beaked whale at the Burke Museum

Elliot Trotter — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 20:51:26 +0000

Baird's beaked whale at the Burke Museum Elliot Trotter Tue, 10/08/2019 - 13:51

Installing Tiffany's Peacock Window at the Burke Museum

Elliot Trotter — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 20:24:24 +0000

Installing Tiffany's Peacock Window at the Burke Museum Elliot Trotter Tue, 10/01/2019 - 13:24

Grand Opening Day

Cathy Morris — Sat, 17 Aug 2019 00:11:26 +0000

Grand Opening Day Cathy Morris Fri, 08/16/2019 - 17:11

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Saturday, October 12
10 AM – 5 PM

Sat, 10/12/2019 - 10:00

Included with Admission

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Grand Opening Day

Celebrate Grand Opening with singers, dancers, poets and DJs, and be among the first to see the six new galleries, 12 visible labs and workrooms, and artists’ workshop in the New Burke!

The new Burke Yard outdoor space will be transformed into a festival with multicultural music and dance performances, family-friendly activities, and food trucks. See our calendar for more Grand Opening events.

Grand Opening Weekend is also the grand opening of the new Off the Rez Café! Enjoy tasty fry bread and other Native foods in Off the Rez’s first brick-and-mortar location. Their food truck, rated one of the Top 25 Food Trucks in America by Food Network, will also be here all of opening weekend.

Not a member? A Burke Museum membership pays for itself in 3 visits. Join today!

Grand Opening Day

Schedule of Activities

Galleries

All Day

Microscope investigations, coloring, and touchable objects
Fossil rubbing and dino play
Hidden Husky Scavenger Hunt: Find the huskies to win a temporary tattoo!

Collection Activities

10 AM - 2 PM: Artist Studio Open Door with weaver Lisa Telford
10:30 AM - 1:30 PM: Archaeology Workroom Open Door
10:30 AM - 1:30 PM: Contemporary Culture Workroom Open Door
10:30 AM - 1:30 PM: Paleontology Workroom Open Door
1:30-4:30 PM: Learning Lab Inside the Glass with the Herbarium
1:30-4:30 PM: Biology Workroom Open Door

Burke Yard

Performers

10:15 AM: Songs with Chief Kitsap Academy
11 AM: Songs with Hmong Association of Washington
11:30 AM: Stories with Richard Markarstrum
12 PM: Burke Trivia
12:30 PM: Dancing with Lynette Finau and Pacific Island Students
1:30 PM: Dancing with Huraiti Mana
2 PM: Theater with Red Eagle Soaring
2:30 PM: Burke Trivia
3 PM: Dancing with Kuttu Tokia Warriors
3:30 PM: Dancing with Marshallese Dancers
4:30 PM: Karaoke

Hosts

10 AM - 2 PM: Denny Hurtado
2 PM - 5 PM: Taylor Ahana-Jamile

Carving Demonstrations

2-5 PM: Greg Robinson, Greg Archuleta, Ceara Lewis, Devon Robinson

Weaving Demonstrations

10 AM - 5 PM: Marshallese Weavers

Live Art

10 AM - 3 PM: Chalk Artist Monyee Chau
1-5 PM: Chalk Artist Gillian Duenas

Partner Stations

10 AM - 5 PM: Learn about the native plants in the New Burke landscaping with members of the Oxbow Farms & Conservation Center—the organization that cultivated over 70,000 plants from seedlings
10 AM - 5 PM: The Seattle Times
12-2 PM: Ask questions with KUOW’s SoundQ’s. (Your question may be answered on one of their future programs!)

Food Trucks

10 AM - 5 PM: Off the Rez
10 AM - 5 PM: Pecos Pit Bar-B-Que
1-5 PM: Sweet Alchemy Ice Cream

Timed Tickets

Book a timed ticket ahead of your visit:

Advance timed tickets are offered every 60 minutes throughout the day. If advance tickets are still available, they will be listed at burkemuseum.org/tickets.
Please arrive as close as possible to the entry time listed on your ticket. There is a lot to see and do at the Burke Museum, so we suggest allowing between 1 1/2 and 2 hours to make the most of your visit.
Walk up admissions may be available on a first come, first served basis as museum capacity allows.

New Burke Museum Opens October 12, 2019

Burke PR — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 06:41:26 +0000

New Burke Museum Opens October 12, 2019 Burke PR Thu, 07/25/2019 - 23:41

New Burke

Celebrating the Class of 2020

How to Prepare a Fossil

Deciphering the "Synecdoche" mural with RYAN! Feddersen

Landscape & Native Plants

A Camas Prairie

Highlights

Trees

Douglas fir

Western red cedar

Big-leaf maple

Oregon ash

Garry oak

Pacific madrone

Vine maple

Douglas maple

Cascara

Pacific yew

Western hemlock

Gaultheria Shallon Mix

Salal

Evergreen huckleberry

Virginia strawberry

Oregon stonecrop

Spreading stonecrop

Broadleaf stonecrop

Silverweed cinquefoil

Sun Shrub Mix

Evergreen huckleberry

Manzanita 'Martha Swan'

Woodland strawberry

Gumweed

Silverweed cinquefoil

Kinnikinnick

Common yarrow

Dryopteris Filix-Mas Mix

Male fern

Lady fern

Western wild ginger

False Solomon's seal

False lily of the valley

Redwood sorrel

Oak fern

Fringecups

Polystichum Munitum Mix

Sword fern

Dwarf Oregon grape

Western bunchberry

Western white trillium

Inside-Out flower

Camas Field Mix

Roemer’s fescue

Chamisso sedge

Columbian lewisia

Gumweed

Fawn lily

Taper-tip onion

Nodding onion

Showy fleabane

Fireweed

Death camas

Chocolate lily

Indian consumption plant

Bladder parsnip

Sicklekeel lupine

Oregon sunshine

Common yarrow

Common camas

Leichtlin's camas

The new Burke Museum is now open

Burke Museum Grand Opening Celebration

Baird's beaked whale at the Burke Museum

Installing Tiffany's Peacock Window at the Burke Museum

Grand Opening Day

Grand Opening Day

Grand Opening Day

Schedule of Activities

Galleries

All Day

Collection Activities