Burke Museum of Natural History, Culture coming to NCW

CHELAN/MANSON - The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture will bring a traveling program on prehistoric life and geology to several North Central Regional Library branches this month.

Take a journey through geologic time as you examine real fossils, rocks and minerals, as well as cast replicas of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals and plants. Then unearth fossils in fossil-dig pits, and learn about the work of paleontologists and geologists.

The program will come to the following locations in our area:
•    Chelan Public Library: 3 p.m. July 22

• Entiat Public Library: 2 p.m. July 23

•    Manson Public Library: 11 a.m. July 22

The Burke Museum was founded in 1885 and is the oldest public museum in Washington state. More than 35,000 students visit the museum in Seattle every year, and another 70,000 children as reached through its traveling educational exhibits.