I had no idea this museum was so rich with dinosaur bones. I enjoyed the rich and educational experience it was for me and my young child.Parking in the museum lot is expensive, but you can park in the neighborhood north of 45th if you dont mind a short walk.

Really neat exhibits. We got to see the disection of a badger, gross but interesting! The Native American exhibit was very well laid out and expansive. Many quality pieces to see. The paleontology exhibit was fantastic as well, very neat displays. Lots to see and take in!

We like museums and we loved the Burke. Its just the right size, well laid out, excellent exhibits, terrific artificacts, informative.

If you want the lights for your own, then come in very late. Theres free parking around it at that time as well. But during the day it gets busy. Did you expect anything less in the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture? Come on!

The Burke Museums new digs are fantastic. Excellent exhibitions of paleontology, archaeology, and anthroplogy collections as well as viewable areas of watching researchers cataloging their extensive and ever expanding collections.

Great museum with a lot of hidden gems. UW parking is $4 per hour. Free Thursday museum entrance with online reservations. There are 2 parking lot pay stations the other pay station is hidden behind a tree near the entrance. Very busy the day that we went but we still had a great time. 3 levels of things to explore. Dinosaur is on the top floor which was the most crowded.

So many different taxidermy, fossils, and specimens. One of the best naturals history museums I’ve ever visited. A true gem.

Beautiful museum, one of the best curations I have seen. The working labs are fun, the history lesson is amazing on how much the world has evolved and the impact of climate change.Great restaurant too, must try the taco.

Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture has a wide collection of artifacts, dinosaur exhibit,best fossil collection and indigenous culture. They have 3 floors : 1st floor has gift shops along with indigenous culture facts. Totems facts was interesting. Lockers and jacket place available. Lifts, restrooms available at each floor and Restaurant at 1st floor. They have kids area at 2nd and 3rd floor. 3rd floor was my favorite with lots of interesting facts on fossils of dinosaur and other spices which disappeared.

I felt a little nostalgic entering the museum knowing that it’s going to be replaced with a brand new building next door in 2019. It’s a compact collection but a nice cross section between evolutionary and geological history as well as exhibitions on humans - who are we?! It’s also a great place to remind you of the intrigue, fascination and excitement of children as they run around with their parents

Good place. A lot of exhibits if you have the time. Everything very neatly laid out and a lot information. I encourage everyone to go explore this museum. Free to all the first Thursday of each month. It was very fascinatingly. Coming soon fossils T-rex, in 2019.

Located in the University of Washington. Great museum. Cool thing is that the labs and the ongoing work is open to witness for the public. I really loved the paleontology section.

Updated (Feb 2020):Now open with better curated exhibits, and facilities for museum-goers comfort. Free entrance on the first Thursday of each month (and very busy).Small museum at the UW Seattle campus that contains the only dinosaur exhibit in the state.Small exhibits on culture and natural history of Washington. Fully enjoyed in under two hours and great for kids who love dinosaurs.Notes:Museum closes in January and wont open until Fall of 2019Parking is limited so taking the bus is recommendedEntrance free for UW faculty, students and staff and kids 4 and under.

Definitely a great place to learn history of dinosaurs! Just feel it’s little bit small but good enough to be back again. My son been here before and he request to come back again.

This museum is a real beaut. Many deeply interesting exhibits, densely and logically organized. I loved watching the work rooms behind glass—people picking rock off of fossil for our edification and amusement. Cafe was yummy, wad finding was perfect. Exterior landscaping looks like it will be pretty nice by summer.

I won’t say that the museum is not interesting because it is BUT is quite outdated and the displays look old.The lighting is terrible and doesn’t give justice to the pieces. The museography is poor and the explanatory charts not quite interesting.It is great to see people cleaning the pieces and the conservators doing their job, no doubt..but a museum needs way more than that.This building will be gone by early 2019 and the new one, next to it will open. Hopefully it will improve the whole concept. In the 21st century museums need to be way more inviting.

Fantastic new museum! They have glass walls to working rooms where, if the timing is right, you can watch workers skin a specimen and clean the bones, or watch as they separate dirt from a fossils. T. Rex skull is super cool to see

Wonderful and modern museum; love the interactive spaces for children - of all ages ;-) and especially like the viewing labs to watch scientists and docents at work. The collections are well documented and placed in context. And just beautiful spaces to enjoy history and science.

Always a good time here. COVID made it more difficult but still a lot of fun!

Great history and nature extremely well presented. Can watch curators develop specimens.

Reopened after a complete reconstruction, everything was spectacular. His exhibitions are very educational and interesting, I loved how we can observe the work in the laboratories day by day.

Great museum with a very responsible attitude towards its artifacts--many things have been returned to the tribes they belong to, and some have been loaned back, but others have been replaced with something commemorating the original item or replicas, with information about the original items/the repatriation of the originals.I liked that this museum covers things native to the Pacific Northwest, and also things from around the Pacific, from New Zealand to Vietnam to Japan. I also really liked the cards scattered throughout that teach how to pronounce native words and how Pacific Islanders navigated.Next time I plan to explore the upstairs section on natural history.

Great remodeled space. Heavy on paleontology and biology.

Great place to enjoy and great collection of art and designs architecture. .

They did an amazing job reinventing this place! Watching scientists and researchers doing live work is incredible. The fossils are well setup with simple and thorough explanations. First Thursday of the month is free.

Very comfortable and well organized. Love how theres windows on the rooms where people are working.

What a great place! We enjoyed the Museum. Lots of rich culture!

The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture was founded in 1885. It is the oldest public museum in Washington state and was designated the State Museum in 1899. Its administration resides with the University of Washington College of Arts & Sciences. The Burke recognizes that the museum sits on the ancestral land of the Native peoples of Washington state. The Burke holds deep respect for Indigenous knowledge, and is dedicated to collaborating with diverse Native populations, sharing collections and learning together.The Burke is a research- and collections-based museum that serves many audiences and communities, including Washington state residents, tourists and visitors to Seattle, educators and students, Indigenous and Pacific communities, and researchers, scholars, and enthusiasts. The 16 million objects (and counting!) in the Burke collections are used in many ways,

Not a massive collection but its thoroughly interesting. A lot of Native American history, natural hazard information, why Seattle and Washington grew the way it did. And its really cool to see the Blue Lake Rhino Cave mold, as I understand the real one is quite difficult to get to!

A new building is under construction to relocate the museum, so I was a little confused about where to go for the current exhibits; signage wasn’t very clear to me. I attended the museum on the first Thursday with free admission and was glad I didn’t pay. It’s clear that this is a museum on a university campus, because there was nothing that blew me away. Perhaps it is a more engaging place if you come with children.

Small but very interactive museum with a lot to see and do.

Agree with others, very underwhelming for a musuem from a major university in a large city. The price of admission was too high for the quality and quantity of exhibits presented. Understanding that the price helps to fund the continued research, but cant that be offset by the universitys endowment or revenue from their athletic programs? Did not see a mineral and geology exhibit that was in the old building. The building layout with the long passageway in the middle makes it feel cramp. The old building had a better flow plan. Parking was adequate given the high traffic location. Take advantage of the free first Thursday to lessen the dissatisfaction you will feel if paying the regular admission cost.

Great place! We love it!

Not worth the $22 for adult pass. Coming from NYC, this museum is a joke.

The new Burke is a 100% improvement from the old one. Theres more space, as well as constantly evolving exhibits on each of the 3 floors. The new Burke also boasts see through glass walls that peek into the workrooms and collections. You can watch the behind the scenes action of a museum, as well as see more collections that arent in the exhibits! Put all of this on top of a superb visitors staff; as well as a delicious café and this makes for a great museum.

Great to see the dinosaurs up close and the kids enjoyed seeing live excavations being done.

I had so much fun here with my kids. There is a lot to explore. Even though the building seems rather small, there are a ton of exhibits. I highly recommend going. One of my boys wants to be a paleontologist, and he was over the moon looking at all the fossils and skeletons of prehistoric animals. I loved the exhibits on different cultures. And the gift shop had some really cute little things that my kids got excited over.

My grand kids like the artifacts! They are fond of dinosaurs as well and always telling me to bring them to the museum. It is really educational and entertaining, the children never get tire of visiting over and over again!

Great site to go with kids. And it would be better to get a guided tour )

We had a great time here. Its a small museum, but one of the most interesting in Seattle. Lots of native history and artifacts. We really enjoyed the dinosaurs and fossils. We spent around 2 hours here. Admission is reasonable ($10 for adults) and you can get a discount of $2 if you are a AAA member, but hurry up because the museum will be closed from January to October 2019 to move into their new building next door. Once that happens, prices will go up, but so will the number of exhibits.

We hadnt been since they renovated it. So much more spacious. Very interactive. Lots of light. And we lived seeing the laboratory and research office through the glass windows. Archeologists and paleontologists are right there researching next to you. Thought that was very awesome

Great to see the paleontologists at work along with the amazing exhibits. Not quite finished as of December 2018

Really nice museum. It is very clean and well maintained. Features veriety of natural history event collections and creatures of the past. Has more dinosaur fossils than i expected but then again this is my first time visiting any dinosaur museum. Also features clovis points that have been discovered in Washingoton state. If you are curious and open minded like me, youll learn a lot in this museum. The cost for general admission was $10. There are several discounts offered here and if you are a UW student, it is free.

A little pricey for what you get especially during covid.

Had some time to kill so I went to check out the museum. Was very impressed by how much awe-inspiring things were inside. Giant dinosaurs and artifact galore. Well worth the $22. Ill be coming back to show my kids the museum for sure.

Not alot of mineral specimines but what they do have is spectacular. They do have an incredible fossilized Tyrannosaurus Rex.

I love this museum. Beautiful exhibits and very informative.

My son loved the dinosaur exhibits. Will definitely gap back. Only drawback was the staff not being at all friendly

Went the last week before they close for relocation and updates to exhibits. It was a ton of fun for kids and adults!

Pretty good.some are real fossils, some are copies . General ticket for 10$

They are relocating to the brand new building that has already been built. A little gem now, I cant wait to see what they become!

Really novel building and collection, and I absolutely love the fact that you can literally see the curators and conservators at work. This Burke is really nothing like the old one—it’s finally a destination museum and something UW can be proud of, and something its unique collection of cultural, animal, and dinosaur artifacts deserves. And its cafe—Off the Rez—is surprisingly good and unique as well.

Due to the hype around the opening of the new Burke Museum I was so excited to see both new architecture of the building and how the collections would be displayed and showcased. Unfortunately I was underwhelmed with the entire experience.The siting of the new Burke Museum is actually quite good, and the best feature is part of the cafe where the giant awning window wall that can pivot outward by an enormous counterbalance atop the wall. Hopefully once the landscaping is completed the exterior experience of the museum will be pleasant and enjoyable. The Interiors of the building felt basic almost like a version of a big box store but for a museum. Also the curation of Museum feels amateurish and the displays uninspiring and benign, at least to this adult, while the only engaging moments was when you could talk directly with an employee who was displaying some species.

So much fun and activities for kids at Dino day , and so cool to see million of year old fossils of dinosaurs!!

Incredible natural history museum. Well curated, thoughtful designed and mindful in its execution.

Disappointed. The old one was so much better and unique, this one is made of glass and stone. Many installations were not finished. And parking is still bad, unsolved issue as before.

We visited the last day in the old building. Looking forward to seeing our favorite old dinosaur skeletons in the new building.

Nice place to take you youngest kids to. The exhibit is some kind of kitchen sink containing fossils, Indian masks and germ stones

World class working natural history museum as part of UW campus. Great hands on exhibits for little ones! Free the first Thursday of every month.

Very nice Museum and family friendly. Great. Place to take kids .

Awesome museum. So much to see. Kids loved it. Don’t forget to visit the cafe!

The Burke Museum is a great place to visit if youre in Seattle. The museum is family friendly. There are dinosaur exhibits that the kids always love and plenty of exhibits on world culture, as well as the cultures of the indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest.A nice small compact cultural museum with not only animal exhibits from dinosaur and Mastodon bones to modern bird plumage and animal skulls but also cultural exhibits of peoples clothing, lifestyles, history.Museum laid out nicely with Natural History upstairs and cultures downstairs. The staff is very friendly and knowledgable. Patronize the gift shop as doing so helps to fund the museum. If you are looking for a trip that wont take all day, but really interesting to see visit the Burke museum.

Small, but cheap, only $10 for adult. Great for young kids!

Super friendly and knowledgeable staff. Had an outstanding time!

It will be wonderful when this opens back up into a larger space because thats my main complaint. They only have 1% of their collection currently displayed in the small space they have. They will also be closed for several months while transporting everything to the new location. I can only imagine things will get better. I love the focus on the Pacific Northwest many of their displays have.The Tyrannosaurus theyre working on in front of the public which is so cool to see the process theyre using to excavate it out of its stone matrix. For a while, there was a massive googly eye so patrons could see where the eye was on the skull. I love these folks!I cannot wait until the new space opens and I wish them so much luck in the move! I hope to be there opening day in fall of 2019

The New Burke Museum is absolutely worth a visit. Three stories of amazing displays.

This is a fantastic museum. You might think that other museums are good but this museum is the best. Ive talked to the smartest people and they all agree this museum is fantastic.

Can hardly wait for the new space to open. The ethnographic collection was really great.

The Burke is one of the museums that participates on free museum days on the first Thursday of the month.Compared to other museums around town this one seems relatively small. Despite that the museum packs plenty of fascinating and useful information!The museum seems like something like a couple of Anthropology courses with a hint of Geology. Downstairs contains various cultural displays. The various displays do not focus on one culture but a variety of them. There are artifacts belonging to Northwest Native American tribes, Latino cultures, European and Asian. Really a little bit of everything. It is fascinating!Upstairs there is more the physical Anthropology, Archeology and Geology part of the museum. There are various fossils from plants, crustaceans and dinosaur remains here. They even have a display with artifacts during the Ice Age.One room covers volcano information and how they work. There is also a chart of all of the volcanoes along the West Coast in which they chart and estimate the frequency of eruptions each one has had.Of course there are mammal display cases too! In the front lobby there was a little display with a porcupine and other unusual mammals where you could touch them too see how they feel. It was their skin or they were mounted. They were not alive.The Burke was a fun visit and those free museum visits should be taken advantage of!

Awesome new remodel - the way the scientific research labs are interwoven with the exhibit spaces brings the various subject matter to life.

Good museum. Definitely smaller, but our two little kids (2.5 and almost 5) had a lot of fun, especially in the dinosaur section. They didnt really understand the lower level but had fun wandering and looking at some of the items. We went on the free Thursday and we had to park a couple blocks away but it was totally fine and easy. Everyone was super kind too. We only spent an hour there but it was worth the trip, and we will go back and spend more time as the kids get older.

Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture is a great option when you want an indoor activity. Plan for an hour, tops. I was lucky enough to go on Fossil Friday and got to see behind the scenes of the paleontology lab to get up close and personal with some of the fossils. The staff is excellent and the exhibits are well cared for. Its $10 for adults, so I dont know if the entertainment/education value is really worth it at this location. At the time Im writing this, they seemed to be moving some of the exhibit pieces to the new bigger location, which will open in Fall of 2019. Im really looking forward to seeing what they come up with. It seemed as though part of the new focus is on career development for young (and older) people, which I applaud.

Theyre renovating right now, but still worth a visit! They were extracting a T-Rex skull from its matrix while we were there, and we were able to watch them work!

Just an awesome experience! They have exhibits on dinosaurs, volcanoes, rocks, native tribes, and animals of the Pacific Northwest. When we were there, they had a special exhibit that emphasized the habitats and the various types of bats living in Washington. Their were over 25! Lots to love about the museum and the staff was friendly and accommodating.

Nice little museum with different exhibits. Really good focus on kids items but the displays are a bit lacking. Perhaps being on a tour really helps. The basement is interesting, but overall, it is a bit small. Great rainy day event with little ones for an hour or so, which makes it nice.

Seattles own small version of a natural history Museum! Lots of fantastic exhibits, mostly focused on the Pacific northwest. I especially enjoyed the different fossilized skeletons of sabertooth cats and the giant ground sloth! There is also a fantastic exhibit dedicated to the different cultures around the Pacific. The Burke museum is moving to a bigger building right next door pretty soon, so Im excited to see how it changes! Very reasonable entry fee.

I loved how the museum incorporated displays with active research!

I cant wait to review the new building. But for now, the existing museum is a good example of world history with a hyper-local lens. Many of the great exhibits provide information on how the topics (dinosaurs, early inhabitants, geology, etc) are relevant to the Pacific Northwest. There is an open area where families can watch scientists work on artifacts, and great anthropological exhibits downstairs. There are also games and programs for all ages. I would note that the museum is probably not very fun for children under 6 years old. (my 3 year old only wanted to spend about 20 min in the whole place) Otherwise, a great adventure for almost all ages!

After telling my child for months about how its extensive the mineral and crystal collection was here at the burke, as well as its collection of clovis artifacts,i was extremely disappointed and devastated to find that nothing was on display at all. im not ever coming back here and i cant believe this place has the audacity to consider himself a museum of natural history and

Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, was a fun experience. I had a lot of fun looking at the art sculptures. I cant wait for the new renovations coming on the fall .

So much more room than than the previous building.

Amazing facilities are you learn a lot from their exhibits, they have going on. Culture, Life before us and the awesome restoration of the huge T-Rex fossil they have make it an awesome place to visit. If youre a student bring your ID as you are given a discount. Cant wait to come back in 2019 for the new facility!

Burke Museum has been renovated. And it has become even more awesome.

Tons of cool interesting stuff about the prehistoric age but gets boring after a while

We had alot of fun. We took the light rail to Husky Stadium and it was quite a hike. Next time we will research buses there due to the age of our kids. The Dino Dig program was so much fun. Our 2 year old did not leave the dinosaur toys the whole time while our oldest did the archaeological dig and explored the museum so it is perfect for various ages.

The museum staff was very knowledgeable and extremely helpful. We very much enjoyed seeing the scientist working on the excavation of the T-Rex skull! Very excited for the big move!

Amazing discovery right in the heart of Seattle. Do yourself a favor and come see this great museum.

This museum is tiny and too overpriced. Its the sort of museum Id expect from a Tier 2 or 3 city, but not one in a major metro area. Our office has about 100 employees on one floor of an office building and the entire displayed collection would easily fit inside. The website states it is closing at the end of 2018 while it moves to their new building in fall 2019. The new building needs to be about 10x the size before Id consider going back.

Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture has a wide collection of artifacts and mind blowing facts.

This visit was right before the move to the new, larger building. We were impressed with how the staff accommodated a crowd during a move.

Wide open spaces and lots of ways for kids to learn more about nature and science

I felt underwhelmed the entire time. I expected to see more of the old artifacts which the old building had. I saw everything in the museum in about 40min which was pretty disappointing for the price

Best museum that I had ever been to in Seattle!

We found parking very easily, the staff members were friendly and relaxed. I brought a 2.5-year-old to look at fossils and he was not disappointed. On the lower floor, I appreciated the amount of information that accompanied the artifacts from indigenous cultures.

Smaller, yet significant natural and cultural history museum that is enjoyable for museum goers of all ages. Collections on display include fossils, dinosaurs, local geology, and a thoroughly detailed exploration of the ice age floods which shaped the Pacific Northwest. Also features a large and diverse collection of Native American clothing, artworks and artifacts from the era just prior to, and during colonisation by Europeans. A must-see for anyone interested in learning about local history!

Went for a birthday party for a 3yr old. The guides were good but most information went over there heads. It would be neat if the staff running these parties would watch Dinosaur Train on PBS to relate to the preschooler more.

Great collection. The t rex skull is amazing. They have no AC so be careful when you visit. The staff is super helpful. UPDATE: The new Burke is open and it is incredible. The live labs are so fascinating.

The price is fair and its the only place in the area to see some dinosaur bones(not counting the Science Center). When you first enter you will be greeted by the amazing Thunder Bird. Off to the left there are various gems and stones along with tools from ancient civilizations. There are exhibits showing off various different cultures (Native American, Chinese, Pacific Islander, etc) and they recently set up an exhibit showing off scientiests recovering a T-Rex fossil in real-time.

Best part is the lower level, indigenous cultures collections. There are excellent displays and comprehensive education on how local indigenous people and artists have kept their people and culture alive while dealing with racism, imperialism, and suppression by the US government.

So educational!!! We had a blast