News & Stories

Dr. Gabriela Chavarria has been named the next Executive Director of the Burke Museum.

Posters from ANTH 369 Indigenous Epistemologies and Oceanic Canoes

In early 2021, the Burke Museum invited four distinguished scholars to conduct its own academic review—the very first completed in the museum’s 136-year history.

Being reaccredited by the American Alliance of Museums is the museum field’s gold standard of excellence.

The Burke Museum is creating new research, educational models, and public programs that will advance our mission in unexpected, important, and wonderful ways. 

The Núun ken’witnéewit (Our way of Weaving) artist family concluded their grant with a gifting ceremony at the Burke Museum.

A new study traces the first tusks back to ancient mammal relatives that lived before the dinosaurs.

The Burke Museum is excited to announce grant applications are open for Native artists to visit the museum’s cultural collections. 

October 11 is a day of honor for the Indigenous people of this land.