This flag is one of more than 4,200 Filipino artifacts at the Burke Museum.
The air grew crisper with each door we passed, and walking through the archival room felt more like being in a hospital than a museum. Rows of weapons, and countless artifacts filled the space like the thousands of islands that dot the Pacific Ocean.
This tour of the Burke Museum, led by collection assistant Gabbie Mangaser and Oceanic and Asian Cultural Collection curator Holly Barker, offered me a rare opportunity to connect with my Filipino culture.
Mangaser pointed out that there are over 4,200 Filipino cultural belongings housed at the Burke. This is
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