Artifact Day at the Burke Museum 2012

January 7, 2012, Artifact Day at the Burke Museum. As well as being the repository of many natural and cultural treasures, the Burke Museum is home to expertise about objects from Native American cultures, the Pacific Islands, Asia and the natural world. Artifact ID Day is a chance for the general public to access this knowledge and find out more about intriguing objects wiht potential archeological interest. Past Artifact ID Days have uncovered such rare items as a 5,000-year-old stone tool, a twined basketry doll made by a Tlingit weaver, and a drinking cup made from a walrus’ tusk.

Artifact ID Day is included in museum admission and is free for Burke members. Visitors were allowed three items for analysis. Staff at the Burke provided information about Native American, Pacific Island, Asian and Southeast Asian, baskets, blankets, and cultural artifacts as well as archaeological materials, fossils, rocks, minerals and bones.

Learn more: http://www.burkemuseum.org/