Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
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The
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture (commonly as
Burke Museum) is a
natural history museum on the campus of the
University of Washington, in
Seattle,
Washington,
United States. It is administered by the
UW College of Arts and Sciences. Established in 1899 as the
Washington State Museum, the museum traces its origins to a high school naturalist club formed in 1879. The museum is the oldest in Washington state and boasts a collection of more than 16 million artifacts, including the world's largest collection of spread bird wings. The Burke Museum is the official state museum of Washington.
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