Burke Museum of Natural History
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🎨 Museum · Seattle
2 hours · $$ · No reservation needed
- 🚗About 25 min driveFrom Bellevue · Parking: UW campus lots about $5-8 on weekends
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Lots of shadeRain-OK · Handles heat
- ⏱️Typical visit: 2 hoursBest seasons: Winter · Fall · Spring
A new building on the corner of the UW campus with a real T. rex skull and a full giant sloth skeleton, and glass walls where you can watch scientists cleaning fossils; in late March, stop by the campus Quad for cherry blossoms.
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