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Campus cherry trees in full bloom

The UW campus has a number of notable museums and buildings which are open to the public.

• Suzzallo Library, at Red Square, ☎ +1 206 543-0242, www.lib.washington.edu/Suzzallo. The Suzzallo is a grand Gothic-style structure. The high-ceiling Graduate Reading room is especially impressive.
• Red Square (formally called the Central Plaza). This plaza fills with students between classes or just hanging out.
• The Quad (Liberal Arts Quadrangle). Surrounded by the liberal arts buildings, the Quad turns a wonderful shade of pink in the spring, when the Japanese cherry trees bloom. These blooms only last a couple weeks, however.
• Burke Museum, University of Washington, 17th Ave NE & NE 45th St, ☎ +1 206 543-5590, www.washington.edu/burkemuseum. Daily 10AM-5PM, 10AM-8PM on first Thursday of every month. A natural history museum with lots of Northwest Indian artifacts and dinosaur. The Burke also houses the controversial "Kennewick Man" bones. $9.50 general, $7.50 seniors, $6 students and youth (5 & up w/ID), free children 4 and under. Free admission for everyone on the first Thursday of every month.
• The Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, 15th Ave NE & NE 41st St, ☎ +1 206 543-2280 (info@henryart.org, fax: +1 206 685-3123), www.henryart.org. Th-F 11AM-9PM, Sa-Su 11AM-4PM. One of the biggest contemporary art galleries in Washington, The Henry shows well-known contemporary and modern artists of all visual media, as well as an annual exhibition of the UW's Master of Fine Arts students. $10 general admission ($6 seniors); free with student or UW staff/faculty ID, or free to everyone on Thursdays.

• www.lib.washington.edu/Suzzallo
• www.washington.edu/burkemuseum
• www.henryart.org