Low Brow/High Culture traces the line of lowbrow art from its origins in hot rod and custom motorcycle culture to the art movement it is today. Showcasing materials from all areas of Special Collections, Low Brow/High Culture focuses on zines, comics, flyers and other methods of DIY culture.

Join us in the Media Arcade as we screen selected films from the Libraries' collections. Curious as to what will be showing? You'll just have to come and see for yourself....

Coinciding with November's first-ever UW Global Month, sponsored by the Office of Global Affairs, this exhibit taps into the UW Libraries' collections surfacing just a sampling of the UW, Seattle, and Northwest-based international initiatives of the past century that have brought our region into productive and often enduring contact with groups, institutions and events throughout the world. Featured connections include Bosnia, Cambodia, China, Korea, India, Japan, Nicaragua, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Spain, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and more.

Labor Archives of Washington and the UW Libraries’ Special Collections present in partnership with Solidarity Centennial, a year-long statewide series of events commemorating the anniversary of the Seattle General Strike and the Centralia Tragedy of 1919.
The exhibit features the work of Walter Bodle and Frank Silva, highlighting a different point of view from the vantage point of individuals and groups that helped shape the city’s ever-evolving labor history.

Japan uses an unique era calendar scheme and the era name changes as the new emperor ascends. Reiwa is the current era of Japan which started on May 1, 2019. This exhibit features the meaning of the Kanji letters used for the new era name, Manyoshu (collection of Japanese waka poetry) which is the source material for the new era name, the past era names, and such.

Admission to the Burke Museum is FREE and the museum is open until 8 pm on the first Thursday of every month. Get closer to the daily work happening in the Burke Museum’s visible collections storage, labs and workrooms during Free First Thursday.

Admission to the Burke Museum is FREE and the museum is open until 8 pm on the first Thursday of every month. Get closer to the daily work happening in the Burke Museum’s visible collections storage, labs and workrooms during Free First Thursday.

Admission to the Burke Museum is FREE and the museum is open until 8 pm on the first Thursday of every month. Get closer to the daily work happening in the Burke Museum’s visible collections storage, labs and workrooms during Free First Thursday.

Admission to the Burke Museum is FREE and the museum is open until 8 pm on the first Thursday of every month. Get closer to the daily work happening in the Burke Museum’s visible collections storage, labs and workrooms during Free First Thursday.

Admission to the Burke Museum is FREE and the museum is open until 8 pm on the first Thursday of every month. Get closer to the daily work happening in the Burke Museum’s visible collections storage, labs and workrooms during Free First Thursday.