Enjoy fossilized fun at five drop-in stations designed for young learners ages 3–8. Hold fossils and casts at the touch table, make scientific discoveries in the dig pit, create a craft to take home, and collect a new stamp each month in your Fossil Finders Passport.
Celebrate New Year’s Eve at the Burke Museum!
– Join our "Noon Year's Eve" countdown — complete with balloon drop and dance party! (Begins at 11:50 a.m.)
– Craft volcano hats and ammonite noise makers
– Compare fossils from different eras at our touch table and dig pits
– Add your art to our geologic timeline of life
LOWER LEVEL
11:55 a.m. Triassic Trivia and Balloon Drop Countdown!
12 p.m. UW School of Music Saxophone Ensemble
FLOOR 2 LEARNING LAB
10:30 a.m. & 11 a.m. Story times
10:45 a.m. & 11:30 a.m. Meet Baby Rex!
11:15 a.m. & 12:45 p.m. Dino Dance Party
* Please note that the Burke Museum will close at 2 p.m. on New Year’s Eve.