Heritage Team & Contact

Photo: Richard Brown Photography
Photo: Richard Brown Photography

Hello!

We look forward to hearing from you. Do you have a general question for the Heritage Department? Please contact us using one of the forms below and we'll get back to you as quickly as possible.

Are you hoping to have an artifact identified? Please use our Object Identification Request Form. Collections staff respond to identification requests on a time-available basis. Thank you!

Archaeology Contact 

Bill Holm Center Contact 

Arts & Cultures Contact

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Mailing Address

Burke Museum, Heritage Department
University of Washington
Box 353010
Seattle, WA 98195

Shipping Address & Location

Burke Museum, Heritage Department
4303 Memorial Way NE 
Seattle, WA 98195

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Archaeology

Sara Gonzalez

Interim Executive Director and Curator of Archaeology
Associate Professor, UW Anthropology

Contact

burkedir@uw.edu

Interests

For archaeology questions or requests, please email gonzalsa@uw.edu.

Laura Phillips

Collections Manager

Contact

206.685.3849 ext. 2
lphill@uw.edu

Interests

Contact for questions about the archaeology collections, NAGPRA, donations, and visits.

Arts & Cultures

Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse

Curator of Northwest Native Art
Director of Bill Holm Center
Bill Holm Center Endowed Professor

Contact

206.543.5595
kbunn@uw.edu

Gabbie Mangaser

Collections Assistant, Oceania and Asian Culture

Contact

gabbs@uw.edu
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Bill Holm Center Team & Contact

Contact information for the Bill Holm Center for the Study of Northwest Native Art. 

Learn More

Emeriti Curators

James Nason
Curator Emeritus of American & Pacific Ethnology
206.543.9680
jnason@uw.edu

Robin K. Wright
Emerita Director of Bill Holm Center 
Emerita Curator of Native American Art
Emerita Curator of Ethnology
wright@uw.edu

 

Affiliate Curators

Raissa DeSmet
Affiliate Curator of Asian Culture
Lecturer, UW Bothell
rdesmet@uw.edu

Ben Fitzhugh
Affiliate Curator of Archaeology
Professor, Anthropology, University of Washington
206.543.9604
fitzhugh@uw.edu
Faculty page

Patricia Kramer
Affiliate Curator of Archaeology 
Professor, Anthropology, University of Washington
206.660.6407
pakramer@uw.edu
Faculty page

Alvin Logan, Jr.
Affiliate Curator for African Culture & Education
Affiliate Assistant Professor, Anthropology
alogan8@uw.edu

Ben Marwick
Affiliate Curator of Archaeology 
Professor, Anthropology, University of Washington
206.552.9450
bmarwick@uw.edu
Faculty page

Stephanie Selover
Affiliate Curator of Archaeology
Associate Professor, NELC, University of Washington
sselover@uw.edu

Museum Associates

Ito Atsunori
Heritage: Arts & Cultures Museum Associate
Associate Professor, National Museum of Ethnology
ito@minpaku.ac.jp
Faculty page

Jenn Huff
Archaeology Museum Associate
huffj@uw.edu
Faculty page

Carol S. Ivory
Museum Associate, Pacific Art 
Emerita Professor of Art History, Washington State University

Robert Kopperl
Archaeology Museum Associate
Archaeologist, Willamette Cultural Resources Associates, Ltd.
206.397.1487
bob@willamettecra.com

Ian Kretzler
Archaeology Museum Associate
Archaeologist, Cultural Resource Consultants
360.431.3433
ian@crcwa.com

Philippe D. LeTourneau
Archaeology Museum Associate
Archaeologist, King County Historic Preservation
206.477.4529
philippe.letourneau@kingcounty.gov

Jiun-Yu Liu
Archaeology Museum Associate
jyliu@uw.edu
Website

Emily Peterson
Archaeology Museum Associate
Cultural Resources Lead, Perteet, Inc.
emilyjptn@gmail.com

Jennie Deo Shaw
Archaeology Museum Associate
Salix Archaeological Services
206.356.6563
jshaw@salixarchaeology.com

Amir Sheikh
Archaeology Museum Associate
asheikh@uw.edu

Amanda Taylor
Archaeology Museum Associate
Archaeologist, Willamette Cultural Resources Associates 
206.214.8506
akt5321@gmail.com

David B. Williams
Archaeology Museum Associate
Author, naturalist
wingate@seanet.com
Geology Writer