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- [Gabriela] The Burke Museum is honored to be recognized
for its commitment to working with communities.
- We are delighted to present
this 2022 National Medal for Museum and Library Service
to the Burke museum of Natural History and Culture.
- We are a working museum
and a living cultural organization.
- I would say the best thing
about the Burke in my opinion
is just the community that I've built here.
Then, we are able to be ourselves ,
just working with different departments.
Everybody's really great.
- I think there's, we have inspired a lot
of people that have come through the Burke.
- The programs and research family that's happening
inside the Burke is transcending this space.
It's reaching out to many communities
within this broader Seattle area,
but also in Oceania,
and various different parts of the world.
And I think that's a huge highlight
of what could be possible
in transforming museum spaces.
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