Indigenous Peoples' Day

Grand Opening Weekend

Photo: Cathy Morris/Burke Museum

Date & Time

Monday, October 14
10 AM – 5 PM

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Indigenous Peoples' Day

Monday, October 14, is Indigenous Peoples' Day in the City of Seattle and at the Burke Museum! There will be Indigenous performances, including UW groups, and opportunities to engage in conversation about the Burke's collections throughout the day.

Throughout Grand Opening Weekend, the new Burke Yard will be transformed into a free outdoor festival with multicultural music and dance performances, family-friendly activities, and food trucks.

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.

Indigenous Peoples Day

Schedule of Activities

Burke Yard

Performers

10 AM: Music with So’le Celestial
10:30 AM: Open Mic
11:30 AM: Poetry with Fabian Romero
12 PM: Poetry with La Espiritista
12:30 PM: Music with Santino Camacho
1 PM: Theater with Indigenize Productions
2 PM: Songs with Ale Abreu
2:30 PM: Songs with Hut Ugalino
3 PM: Karaoke

Hosts

10 AM - 3 PM: Aleki Maulolo
3-5 PM: Casey Wynecoop

Carving Demonstrations

10 AM - 5 PM: Carving demonstrations by local Indigenous and Pacific artists.

Weaving Demonstrations

10 AM - 5 PM: Roquin-Jon Quichocho Siongco

Live Art

10 AM - 3 PM: Painter Dozfy
10 AM - 3 PM: Chalk Artist Derek Dizon

All day

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: Connect with Longhouse Media, an Indigenous media company, on their current and future projects.
12-2 PM: Ask questions with KUOW’s SoundQ’s. (Your question may be answered on one of their future programs!)

Food

10 AM - 5 PM: Off the Rez

Galleries

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

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM: Contemporary Culture Workroom Open Door
10:30 AM - 1:30 PM: Archaeology Workroom Open Door
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM: Paleontology Workroom Open Door
12-3 PM: Artist Studio Open Door with Israel Shotridge
1:30-4:30 PM: Biology Workroom Open Door

Weaver's Welcome / Forces of Nature Art Dedication

11 AM - 12 PM
Grand Atrium (Lower Level) & Field Camp Play Space (3rd Floor)

Members of the Port Gamble S'klallam Tribe will offer songs and blessings to dedicate two works of art by Tribe members: "The Weaver's Welcome" a sculpture in the Grand Atrium by artists Brian Perry (Port Gamble S’Klallam), Anthony Jones (Port Gamble S'Klallam), Preston Singletary (Tlingit), and David Franklin; and "Forces of Nature" a mural in the Field Camp Play Space by Jeffrey Veregge.

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.