Window on Washington Waters is a 120,000-gallon showcase exhibit. The exhibit is modeled after Neah Bay's rock blades filled with salmon, colorful rockfish, vibrant sea anemones and other native...

This premiere of a nationally-touring exhibit will take visitors on a "road trip" through the American West to learn about the region's intriguing fossils and the stories they tell about the past...

The University of Washington Herbarium (also known as WTU) is an international resource for research into the diversity, distribution and ecology of Pacific Northwest vascular plants, non-vascular...

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.

Spin a two-ton granite ball with your bare hands or walk in the giant water wheel in Water Works. Nearby, ride the High Rail Bicycle 15 feet above the ground -- on a rail one inch wide!

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...

MindScape explores the arts and humanities through technology, complete with virtual reality, a recording studio and interactive computer activities.

Giant robotic insects, interactive exhibits and live animal displays give you a close-up look at the world of insects and other arthropods.

This permanent exhibit gives visitors insight into how our bodies function. There are computer games in the Nutrition Cafe, Calorie Bicycles to explore how much energy one produces, and many other...

This exhibition features works from the Museum's permanent collection that reflect innovative inflections in traditional East Asian genres. See 19th-century Japanese literati paintings and vibrant...

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...

In 2005 the Burke Museum hosted the traveling exhibit, "Fusing Traditions: Transformations in Glass by Native American Artists." Preston Singletary was one of the featured artists and demonstrated...

Visitors can discover the true thespian within themselves at the Bijou Theatre, which features two sets, lighting sound effects and costumes for 'The Secret Garden' and 'Raven Steals the Light.'

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...

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

The 'Neighborhood' brings everyday things to your size -- and lets you try them all! Drive a Metro bus, ring up sales in a grocery store, serve your family at La Cocina Del Cacto.

Be "cause" this exhibit has great "effects," you will learn the fun of cause and effect in no time! Send balls through this busy cityscape using pulleys, pipes, mazes and levers.

See yourself on TV as the Guest Meteorologist in the K5 First Alert Weather Center. Freeze your shadow on the Shadow Wall. Experiment with water at the stream table. And for the smallest scientist...

'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.

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...

'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...

Have you ever wondered how 3D movies are made? Or how some artists create incredibly realistic 3D images with only the use of paint and canvas? Pacific Science Center's 'Adventures in 3Dimensions'...

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...

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...

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.

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 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...

See live creatures of all kinds, from the domestic to the exotic. Animal displays feature reptiles, amphibians, and mammals, including a colony of East African naked mole-rats.

Skipper the Good Ship See Worthy as you head for an adventure round the world. Visit a Tailor Shop in Ghana, travel around the Philippines on a tricycle or enjoy some sushi in Japan.

The year round, indoor, play space, Zoomazium is designed for younger children to explore nature in a variety of themed settings, from a mountaintop to an African waterhole. Zoomazium also contains...