Editor's Note: The Burke Museum is reopening to the public after being closed by the pandemic on September 22, 2020. Read more about their reopening protocols, and watch a video below about the institution that features interviews with Tom Kundig and Julie Stein, the Burke’s executive director.
Unlike the typical museum model, in which exhibition and back-of-house spaces are separated, the recently opened 105,000-square-foot Olson Kundig-designed Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture—located on a prominent corner of the University of Washington’s Seattle campus—showcases gargantuan fossils in bare, daylight-infused galleries. Throughout the warehouse-style building’s three levels, these striking display rooms mingle with fully-glazed research laboratories, workrooms, and interactive learning alcoves, giving visitors visual access to the preservation process, and encouraging a more accessible educational environment.
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