Dino Fest 2025

Dig into paleontology at the Burke’s annual festival of fossils! Hear about groundbreaking research from Burke and UW scientists, enjoy hundreds of specimens from the Burke’s collection, and celebrate all things fossilized with fossil digs, ancient animal identification, microfossil sorting, crafts, and more!


– Watch paleontologists remove rock from fossils in our visible Fossil Prep Lab.
– Enjoy talks with Burke paleontologists about the latest fossil finds.
– Learn about the fossils of Sucia Island, including the one and only dinosaur bone found in Washington state.
– Chat with UW paleontology students about fossils from the Burke's extensive vertebrate, invertebrate, and paleobotany collections.
– Check out the amazing T. rex skull unearthed by Burke scientists.
– Practice being a paleontologist by uncovering ancient creatures in fossil dig pits.
– Use million-year-old shell and leaf fossils to create a real clay cast to take home!
– Roam the Fossils Uncovered gallery to find the Hidden Huskies.
– Bring your Fossil Finders passport to receive your commemorative Dino Fest coin!


Burke members enjoy priority entry and FREE admission to Dino Fest. Join today at burkemuseum.org/support/membership

You may also like the following events from Burke Museum:

• Next month, 17th May, 06:30 pm, A Tyrant's Rise: The evolution of T. rex | Dino Lecture 2025 in Seattle

Also check out other Festivals in Seattle.