Aerial view of UW Campus, 1955.
The Museum is in the lower right, Washington State Building.
Photo by unknown photographer, 1955; courtesy of the UW Library Special
Collections, negative #UW19721z

Incarnations of the Museum: 1962-present

In the 1960s, the museum reemerged with a new building and a new name, the Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum. The museum opened its doors to the public on May 4, 1964.