Crack open fossils during Dino Day at the Burke Museum

• Published March 08, 2013

  • 0 comments

Visitors can learn about the life of dinosaurs at Dino Day at the Burke Museum. Find out how paleontologists know what dinosaurs looked like, how they lived and what they ate.

Sunday’s activities include watching scientists prepare a duck-billed dinosaur fossil, cracking open your own fossils with the Stonerose Interpretive Center, talking with Burke paleontologists about their expeditions around the world and uncovering a fossil ichthyosaur in the Dino Dig Pit.

Dino Day activities are included with museum admission and are free for Burke members.

The event runs from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on the University of Washington campus, at the corner of Northeast 45th Street and 17th Avenue Northeast.

Admission is $10; $8 for seniors, $7.50 students and youth; free for ages 4 and younger, Burke members, UW students, faculty and staff.

For more details, call 206-543-5590 or go to burkemuseum.org.

Staff report

Similar stories:

  • Still scary after 85 million years

  • ‘Jurassic Park’ still packs a dino punch

  • South Carolina celebrants join inauguration

  • Santa shows his flight versatility

  • Free admission Saturday for Tacoma Art Museum celebration

COMMENTS Community Publishing Guidelines

Join the Reader Network

Do you want The Olympian to keep you in mind when we canvass the community for opinions?

Click here and sign up with our Reader Network to offer your view.