The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture is the official state museum of Washington, originally founded in 1899 as the Washington State Museum, though its roots date back to the Young Naturalists Society, which was established two decades prior.

Today, the museum is housed on the campus of the University of Washington and showcases a collection of more than 16 million specimens and artifacts across significant ornithology, biology, geology, and anthropology collections. Three long-term exhibits display the evolution of the state over 545 million years and present the fifth-largest collection of American indigenous art in the world. The museum is open to the public for free each first Thursday evening of the month.

The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, 4300 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA, United States, Phone: 206-616-3962

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