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Fossil Finders: It’s About Time — New Year’s Party

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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. 

 

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