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View 2017–18 (PDF) Here, There, The Burke is on the move. This April, we started As we look ahead to closing the current museum transporting millions of objects from the current at the end of this year, I’m grateful that our facility to the New Burke. While the distance from research, education outreach and community here to there is short (just 480 feet), the effort is partnerships take us everywhere. This year’s report monumental. But our crew of staff and volunteers features dispatches from our curators’ work in the is undaunted, bringing dedication, ingenuity and field, highlighting how your support helps the good humor to the process. Burke expand its reach, from the Northwest to the South Pole, mountain peaks to the deep sea. With gratitude, Julie K. Stein, Executive Director IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN FRONT: COLLECTING TROPICAL PEPPER PLANTS LA SELVA BIOLOGICAL STATION BIOLOGICAL LA SELVA PHOTO: ADA KALISZEWSKA Surf’s Up In ROATAN FRONT: SCUBA DIVING IN ROATAN CORREOS DE ISLA DE ROATAN, ISLAS DE BAJA, REP. DE HONDURAS, C.A. HONDURAS L.10.65 Año 2018 AEREO PHOTO: KATHERINE MASLENIKOV/BURKE MUSEUM GREETINGS FROM NOOKSACK VALLEY FRONT: GEORGE SWANASET SR., NOOKSACK MASTER CARVER FOREVER USA NOOKSACK VALLEY, WASHINGTON VALLEY, NOOKSACK PHOTO: SVEN HAAKANSON/BURKE MUSEUM the forayHAPPINESS IS FRONT: CALOCHORTUS EURYCARPUS (BIG-POD MARIPOSA LILY) 35¢ Mountain Goat PHOTO: MARK EGGER FOREST NATIONAL WALLOWA-WHITMAN We’veTHE NEWMoved BURKE FRONT: MOVING THE ORNITHOLOGY COLLECTION FOREVER USA FOREVER FOREVER USA UWBM ORNITHOLOGY DEPARTMENT UWBM ORNITHOLOGY PHOTO: CATHY MORRIS/BURKE MUSEUM PHOTO: ©2015, DAN ZAK/THE WASHINGTON POST ZAK/THE ©2015,DAN WASHINGTON PHOTO: TOOL AREANANCIENTWAVE-PILOTING STICKCHARTS FRONT: WAAN AELÕÑ IN MAJEL (CANOES OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS ) MaRsHall IsLands 22 c A BLAST FROM THE PAST AT THE FRONT: SCHOOLCHILDREN AT THE BURKE, CA. 1965 PHOTO: BURKE MUSEUM MUSEUM STATE THOMAS BURKE MEMORIAL WASHINGTON HELLO FROM FRONT: SHACKLETON GLACIER CAMP DOLLAR POSTAGE SHACKLETON GLACIER, TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS, ANTARCTICA MOUNTAINS, GLACIER, TRANSANTARCTIC SHACKLETON PHOTO: CHRISTIAN SIDOR/BURKE MUSEUM BY THE 29,300 VOLUNTEER HOURS dedicated to the Burke Numbers49,325 PRE-K–20 STUDENTS SERVED through Burke Education programs 17,560 on-site at the Burke Museum 31,765 across Washington state 8,700 UW STUDENT VISITS 11 NEW SPECIES identified by Burke researchers 100,000 VISITORS to the Burke in 2018 19,650 SPECIMENS AND OBJECTS loaned to researchers around the world 4,875 RESEARCHERS & COMMUNITY MEMBERS visiting the Burke to study collections BURKE MUSEUM FISCAL YEAR 2018 Period ending 6/30/2018 With the support of museum donors, visitors, partners, the University of Washington, and the State of Washington, the museum’s financial health remained stable in fiscal year 2018. 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