Collections Databases

Photo: Cathy Morris/Burke Museum
Photo: Cathy Morris/Burke Museum

Thank you for visiting the Burke Museum website. Access to many of the Burke’s collections databases are available online through other resources with whom we share our data. 

Due to a devastating ransomware attack, access to Archaeology, Arts & Cultures, and Ichthyology’s Ototlith databases are no longer available online.  Please contact the relevant collections manager if you have a specific research request. Thank you for your understanding. 

Search the Collections

The Burke Museum's collection consists of more than 18 million biological, geological and cultural objects from Washington state and around the world.

Arachnology

ShinyApp

Genetic Resources

VertNet

Plants & Fungi

Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria

Herpetology

VertNet

Ichthyology (except otoliths)

University of Washington Fish Collection

Mammalogy

VertNet

 

Ornithology

VertNet or GBIF

Invertebrate Paleontology

iDigBio or  GBIF

Paleobotany

Arctos

Vertebrate Paleontology

Arctos

Archaeology Collections

The Archaeology collections database includes artifacts from around the world with an emphasis on the Pacific Northwest. 

Arts & Cultures Collections

Search images and data within the Burke Museum's world-renowned Arts & Cultures Collections.

Herpetology Collections

Select “Amphibian and reptile specimens” under “Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture (UWBM)” in the drop-down menu for Collection.

Ichthyology Collections

Specimens including adult fishes, juveniles, larvae, eggs, skeletons, tissues, otoliths and scales.

Malacology Collections

A broad diversity of modern molluscs collected from around the world.

Mammalogy Collections

Mammal specimens from all continents except Antarctica, with a strong emphasis in the Pacific Northwest.

Ornithology Collections

Bird study skins, spread wings, bird skeletons, egg sets, nests and frozen tissue samples.

Otolith Collections

Roughly 2.4 million pairs of fish otoliths.

Paleontology Collections

Search the Burke's paleontological collections—fossil invertebrates, leaves, flowers, mammals, birds, dinosaurs, and more.

Plant & Fungi Collections

Vascular and nonvascular plants, fungi, lichens and marine algae.

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Photo: Timothy Kenney/Burke Museum
Photo: Timothy Kenney/Burke Museum