'Sound Wall,' an installation first created for CAMAC, the Center for Art and Technology, housed in a 17th century monastery in France, has been recreated for the Western Gallery. The installation...

Artist Jen Elek hails from the Tacoma area and is known for her glass sculpture.

Archaeology is the scientific study of how people lived in the past through the objects they left behind. The Burke Museum Archaeology Collections include more than one million objects from around the...

The Genetic Resource Collection at the Burke Museum is essentially a "library" of biodiversity--and one of the most important in the world for birds. The Burke's GRC and the few others like it are the...

The Gunther Garden features plants important to Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest. These plants were--and in many cases still are--used for food and medicine, and as the raw materials for...

The herpetological collection at the Burke Museum contains 4,200 specimens of amphibians and reptiles, primarily from the Pacific Northwest. It is particularly strong in amphibians and garter snakes...

Th exhibition showcases significant buildings and interiors, furniture, glass, metalwork, ceramics, textiles, fine arts, graphics and book arts and photography with over one hundred objects drawn from...

Computers, robots, virtual reality and more! Challenge an industrial robot to a game of tic-tac-toe. Defend your team's goal in VR Keeper, the full- body virtual reality soccer experience.

Originally established in 1990, Imagination Studio is a drop-in art studio where artists and visitors work together to create art. The projects, developed by the artists and museum staff relate to...

'Jimi Hendrix: An Evolution of Sound' will focus on the visitor experience and how Hendrix indelibly affected popular music with his unique talents and innovative sound.

In this exhibit, there is so much for kids to do. They can explore the galley decks, engine room and bridge of the cargo ship, be a city planner or inevstigate at the water table.

Each gallery will highlight the stories of Vietnamese Americans, Indian Americans and Filipino Americans, and will feature the Cambodian Cultural Museum and Killing Fields Memorial.

How does an electric motor work? What does a gyroscope do? How fast can you throw a baseball? Who wins the bubble race? Find the answers to these and other questions in the Science Playground.

Explore the life and science of northwest Washington's large and ecologically diverse estuary, Puget Sound. See real tides and currents in action at the 100-square-foot scale model of the sound. See...

The collection at the Burke Museum includes 100,000 spiders, as well as other terrestrial invertebrates such as 37,000 butterflies and moths, and some 136,000 additional specimens including bees...

The Burke's mineralogical collection is one of the finest on the Pacific Coast. The collection contains specimens of every major chemical group, and is particularly rich in silicates, carbonates...

Peek into three of the museums' collections storage rooms.

Art explored, stories shared and themes expressed.

This exhibit features paintings from the permanent collection dating from 1880-1980.

This exhibit features memorabilia, ephemera and objects associated with the museum's founder.

This exhibit features artifacts from over 400 tribes.

This exhibit features over 75 sculptures and watercolors by Auguste Rodin.

This exhibit features paintings, sculptures, prints, film and more about this advant garde dancer.

This exhibit features 20th century Romanian royal regalia and furniture.

In 'Pacific Voices,' you'll learn about seventeen different Pacific Rim cultures and how they adapt and remain vibrant in a changing modern world. Here you can learn about the revival of a dying...

This exhibition features the Asian Pacific American experience in five themes -- Home, Getting Here, Making a Living, Social Justice and Community.

'Life and Times of Washington State' is a hands-on adventure that begins 545 million years ago. Richly exotic, yet strangely familiar, this exhibit is a passport through the evolution of the state's...

This exhibit highlights the story of Wing Luke and also provides an introduction to the Wing Luke Asian Museum and its history.

This exhibit explores the history ofChinatown-International District.

This exhibit features nearly 100 international and historic sets.