The Library as a Museum Too!

The Burke’s Library does double duty as a museum. Of course, it accommodates all the usual functions of a library, including housing the large collection, offering a multitude of learning resources, providing class space, serving as a gathering space for students and faculty, and hosting meetings...and the list goes on and on. But did you know that the Burke’s Library also serves as a museum for the community?
Come on down to see student art. Check out the fourth-grade butterflies and the Upper School scale model of the Golden Gate Bridge. You can also see a changing display of collections. We launched the year with staff member Jane Husain’s amazing collection of aquarium furniture (along with related books), and are now on to student-created sugar skull sculptures and copper engravings for Day of the Dead. We have great bone books too!
 
Everywhere you look there are other examples of student work that speak to student problem-solving and creativity. Keep an eye out for our rotating collections, and let us know if you have something you’d like to display in the Library.
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