For thirty years the Museum operated out of the Washington State Building. As with Forestry & California, this building was also a remnant of the 1909 Expo. It was the library until 1926 and then remodeled for the Museum in 1927. After the Museum moved out, it was gradually torn down, some in 1961 and the rest in 1988.
Photo by Calvin F. Todd, n.d.; courtesy of UW Libraries Special Collections, order #CFT0165.
October 24, 2007
Incarnations of the Museum: 1910-1923
The Forestry Building (above) and California Building (below) provided new space for the Museum, both were constructed for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Expo in 1909. Forestry was built using natural Fir tree logs as columns 4' diameter and 37' tall. The building was compromised by Bark Beetles and torn down in 1930.
Top: Photo by John N. Cobb, 1922; courtesy of UW Libraries Special Collections, negative #Cobb 4626. Bottom: Photos by unknown photographer, 1909; courtesy of UW Libraries Special Collections, order #AYP322.
Top: Photo by John N. Cobb, 1922; courtesy of UW Libraries Special Collections, negative #Cobb 4626. Bottom: Photos by unknown photographer, 1909; courtesy of UW Libraries Special Collections, order #AYP322.
Incarnations of the Museum: 1895-1910
When the University moved to Denny Hall, so did parts of the Museum collection, and in 1904 the rest of the collection followed.
Photo by Webster & Stevens, circa 1901; courtesy of UW Libraries Special Collections, negative #UW19757z.
Photo by unknown photographer, courtesy of UW Libraries Special Collections, negative #UW19949z.
Photo by Webster & Stevens, circa 1901; courtesy of UW Libraries Special Collections, negative #UW19757z.
Photo by unknown photographer, courtesy of UW Libraries Special Collections, negative #UW19949z.
Incarnations of the Museum: 1885-1904
The Hall of the Young Naturalists, home to the Museum from 1885 to 1904. The building was located on the UW campus in downtown Seattle, near the present location of the Fairmont Olympic Hotel at 4th & University.
Photo by unknown photographer, courtesy of the UW Libraries Special Collections, negative # UW910.
October 23, 2007
Third grade students viewing exhibits inside the Burke Museum, Washington State's oldest museum, December 7, 1950
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