| Anvik, Alaska Museum Guide |
Anvik
Historical Society Museum - 907-663-6366
Open on request. Contact Anvik Tribal Council when Society office is closed:
907-663-6322.
Displays of the history and archaeology of this lower Yukon Athabaskan
village, including artifacts dating from pre-historic to present times,
many historic photos and written records and tapes. Store.
Located in old rectory building of the Episcopal Church.
PO Box 110 - Anvik, Alaska 99558 |
| Barrow, Alaska Museum Guide |
Iñupiat Heritage Center - 907-852-4594
Open Monday - Friday 8:30-5, closed noon-1; other hours by arrangement.
Admission: Adult $5, High School Student $2, Senior and Child free.
Center perpetuates Iñupiaq history, language, and culture by storing
and exhibiting artifacts, providing a place to learn traditional skills,
hold cultural entertainment, and sell objects made by local craftspeople.
Located at 5421 North Star Street.
PO Box 69 - Barrow, Alaska 99723 |
| Bethal, Alaska Museum Guide |
Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center and Museum - 907-543-1819
Open Tuesday - Friday 1:30 - 4:30. Admission: $1 donation requested.
Two galleries exhibit Yup'ik/Cup'ik Eskimo and Athabascan people of the
Yukon-Kuskokwim Rivers and Bering Sea Coast in ancient times. One gallery
of temporary exhibits reflects contemporary life in the region. Store.
Located at 420 Chief Eddie Hoffman Highway.
PO Box 219 - Bethel, Alaska 99559 |
| Central, Alaska Museum Guide |
Circle District Museum - 907-520-1893
Open Memorial Day - Labor Day: daily noon-5. Winter: by arrangement.
Admission: $1 Displays of the region's colorful past, including log gallery
typical of the mining camps; Yukon press; Yukon Quest sled racing; wildflower
photos. Store.
Located at Mile 127.7, Steese Highway
PO Box 31893 |
| Copper Center, Alaska Museum Guide |
George Ashby Memorial Museum - 907-822-5285 (summer)
Open June 1 - Sept 1:Monday - Saturday 1-5. Admission: donations appreciated.
The varied past of the Copper River Valley, housed in a rustic log cabin.
Exhibits of early gold and copper mining; Russian artifacts. Located at
Mile 101, Old Richardson Highway, Copper Center Loop Road.
PO Box 84 - Copper Center, Alaska 99573 |
| Cordova, Alaska Museum Guide |
Cordova
Historical Museum - 907-424-6665
Open Memorial Day - Labor Day; Monday - Saturday 10-6; Sunday 2-4.
Winter: Tuesday - Saturday 1-5.
Admission: $1; Youth 18 & under and Members of the Cordova Historical
Society Free.
Displays of explorers, Native culture, Copper River Railway / Kennicott
Mine era, and the fishing industry. Store. Located at 622 First Street.
PO Box 391 - Cordova, Alaska 99574
Ilanka Cultural Center and Museum - 907-424-7903
Open Monday - Friday 10-5 and by arrangement.
Historical and contemporary exhibits of the Native peoples and cultures
of the Copper River and Prince William Sound area. Orca whale skeleton
articulation; contemporary "subsistence" totem. Store.
Located across from the Fisherman's Memorial at 110 Nicholoff Way.
PO Box 322 - Cordova, Alaska 99574 |
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| Delta Junction, Alaska Museum Guide |
Delta Historical Society Museum - 907-895-4555
Open mid-May - Sept. Admission: donations appreciated.
An old log cabin building displaying artifacts from the early days of
travel on the route between Fairbanks and Valdez. Located at Rika's Roadhouse,
Big Delta State Historical Park.
PO Box 1089 - Delta Junction, Alaska 99737
Sullivan Roadhouse - 907-895-5068
Open mid-May - Sept.
Visitors center and historic building with displays and photos of the
times and transportation on the winter trail between Fairbanks and Valdez.
PO Box 987 - Delta Junction, Alaska 99737
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| Eagle, Alaska Museum Guide |
Eagle
Historical Society & Museums - 907-547-2325
Open daily: special tours. Admission: $5; Children under 12 Free.
Exhibits in six historic buildings dating from the end of the 19th century.
Archives and photo collection. Store. Located in the Eagle Historic District,
a National Historic Landmark.
PO Box 23 - Eagle City, Alaska 99738 |
| Fairbanks, Alaska Museum Guide |
Dog Mushing Museum - 907-457-3669
Open June 1 - August 31: daily 10-6; Sept 1 - May 31: Tuesday - Saturday
11-5. Admission: donations appreciated.
Store. Located in historic city hall at 410 Cushman Street.
551 2nd Avenue, Suite 225 - Fairbanks, Alaska 99701
Fairbanks Community Museum - 907-457-3669
Open June 1 - August 31: daily 10-6; Sept 1 - May 31: Tuesday - Saturday
11-5. Admission: donations appreciated.
Tickle the ivories on an antique piano, see aerial photos of Fairbanks
and learn about the Gold Rush. Store.
Located in historic City Hall at 410 Cushman Street.
551 2nd Avenue, Suite 225 - Fairbanks, Alaska 99701
Pioneer
Air Museum - 907-451-0037
Open Memorial Day - Labor Day: Daily 11-9. Admission: Adults $2; Families
$5; Children under 12 free. Discover Interior and Arctic Alaska aviation
history from 1913 to the present. Store. Located at Pioneer Park, Airport
Way.
PO Box 70437 - Fairbanks, Alaska 99707
Pioneer
Museum and Big Stampede Show - 907-456-8579
Open Memorial Day - Labor Day: daily 11-7; call for winter hours. Admission:
Free for Museum. Big Stampede Show charges admission.
Artifacts, photos, and information about Fairbanks and Interior Alaska
since the gold rush era. Big Stampede Show, based on murals by Rusty
Heurlin, depicts the stampedes to the Klondike and Alaska. Store.
Located in Building #1 in Pioneer Park, Airport Way.
PO Box 70176 - Fairbanks, Alaska 99707
University
of Alaska Museum of the North - 907-474-7505
Open May 15 - Sept 15: daily 9-7; Sept 16 - May 14: Monday - Friday 9-5;
Saturday - Sunday noon-5. Admission: $5; Seniors (60+) $4.50; Youth 7-17
$3; Children 6 and under Free. Voted "Best Museum" in Alaska
by Alaska Magazine. Discover fascinating stories about Alaska's people,
places and wildlife through innovative exhibits, education programs and
research collections. Store.
Located at 907 Yukon Drive, on the UAF campus.
PO Box 756960 - Fairbanks, Alaska 99775
Wickersham
House Museum - 907-455-8947
Open Memorial Day to Labor Day: daily 11-9. Admission: donations appreciated.
A house museum, dedicated to the life and times of Judge James Wickersham
and his family during the years 1900-1910.
Located at Pioneer Park, Airport Way.
PO Box 71336 - Fairbanks, Alaska 99707
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| Haines, Alaska Museum Guide |
The Hammer Museum - 907-766-2374
Open May 1 - Sept 15: Monday - Friday 10-5. Admission: $2.
Portrays a unique perspective of American history. Approximately 1200
different types of hammers on display, representing many different trades.
Located at 108 Main Street - uphill from the boat harbor.
PO Box 702 - Haines, Alaska 99827
Sheldon
Museum and Cultural Center - 907-766-2366
Open summer: Daily 1-5 & locally posted extended hours; winter:Monday
- Friday, 1-4. Admission: $3; Children under 12 Free.
Discover Haines. Experience the art & culture of Native Tlingit people.
Explore gold rush & mining history. Relive pioneer days. Store.
Located at the corner of 1st & Main Streets.
PO Box 269 - Haines, Alaska 99827
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| Homer, Alaska Museum Guide |
Pratt
Museum - 907-235-8635
Open mid-May - mid-Sept: Daily 10-6 ; mid-Sept - mid-May: Tuesday - Sunday
noon-5; closed Jan. Admission: Adults $6; Seniors (65+) $5.50; Children
6-18 $3; Members and Children under 6 Free.
Art; natural and cultural history of the Kenai Peninsula; homestead cabin,
nature trail, botanical garden; Exxon Valdez oil spill display; remote
live wildlife video camera. Store.
3779 Bartlett St. - Homer, Alaska 99603 |
| Hope, Alaska Museum Guide |
Hope & Sunrise
Historical and Mining Museum - 907-782-3740
Open Memorial Day - Labor Day: Friday, Saturday, Monday 12-4, Sunday 12-2.
Historic building with photos & artifacts of Turnagain Arm gold rush,
mining and homesteading. Store.
Located at 2nd Street, opposite the post office.
PO Box 88 - Hope, Alaska 99605 |
| Juneau, Alaska Museum
Guide |
Alaska
State Museum - 907-465-2901
Open mid-May - mid-Sept:daily 8:30 - 5:30; winter: Tuesday - Saturday 10-4.
Admission: Adults $5; winter rate: $3; Youth 18 & under Free; Annual
Museum Pass: $15.
Established in 1900, the Museum is home to over 27,000 artifacts, works
of fine art and natural history specimens. Featuring extensive exhibits
on Alaska's cultural heritage.Store.
395 Whittier Street - Juneau, Alaska 99801
Juneau-Douglas
City Museum - 907-586-3572
Open early May - late Sept: Monday - Friday 9-5, Saturday - Sunday 10-5;
winter: Tuesday - Saturday 12-4 and by appointment
Admission: Adults $3; Youth 18 & under, Free. Saturdays in winter,
Free.
Exhibits and videos of early Juneau life and gold mining history. Store.
Located at 4th & Main Streets.
155 S. Seward - Juneau, Alaska 99801
Last Chance Mining Museum - 907-586-5338
Open mid-May - late Sept: Daily 9:30-12:30 & 3:30-6:30. Admission $4.
Gold rush museum in historic mining buildings of the Alaska Juneau Gold
Mine. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places. First Saturdays
of the month in winter, Free.
Located at end of Basin Road.
PO Box 21264 - Juneau, Alaska 99802
Sentinel Island Lighthouse - 907-586-5338
Call for hours and costs.
Historic Alaska lighthouse available for custom day tours or overnight
adventures. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Located
in Lynn Canal, 35 miles north of Juneau.
PO Box 21264 - Juneau, Alaska 99802 |
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| Kenai, Alaska Museum Guide |
K'beq Interpretive Site: Kenaitze Indian
Tribe, IRA - 907-283-3633
Open May 21 - Sept 10; daily 11-7.Admission $5.
Dena'ina history and culture through archaeological sites and interpretation.
Store. Located at mile 52.6 of the Sterling Highway.
PO Box 988 - Kenai, Alaska 99611
Kenai
Visitors & Cultural Center - 907-283-1991
Open Monday - Friday 9-7, Saturday - Sunday 10-6; Winter Monday - Friday
9-5. Admission: $3 (summer). Displays from Ft. Kenay, Athabaskan, Aleut
and Russian culture; industry; natural history exhibits. Alaska's history
video library. Store.
11471 Kenai Spur Highway - Kenai, Alaska 99611
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| Ketchikan, Alaska Museum Guide |
Tongass Historical Museum - 907-225-5600
Open May 15 - Sept 30: Daily 8-5; Oct 1 - May 14: Wednesday - Friday
1-5 , Saturday - Sunday 1-4; closed municipal holidays during winter.
Admission: $2; Children 12 & under Free. No admission charged
Oct. through April.
Story of Alaska's feisty "first city" comes to life in artifacts
and images from Ketchikan's colorful past.
629 Dock Street - Ketchikan, Alaska 99901
Totem Heritage Center - 907-225-5900
Open May 15 - Sept 30: Daily 8-5; Oct 1 - May 14: Tuesday - Friday 1-5;
closed municipal holidays during winter. Admission: Adults $5; Children
12 & under Free. No admission charged October through April.
World-renowned collection of 19th-century totem poles retrieved from
abandoned Native villages. Store open May through September. Located
at 601 Deermount Street.
629 Dock Street - Ketchikan, Alaska 99901
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| Kodiak, Alaska Museum Guide |
Alutiiq
Museum & Archaeological Repository - 907-486-7004
Open summer: Monday - Friday 9-5, Saturday 10-5, Sunday 11-4; winter:
Tuesday - Friday 9-5, Sa 10:30-4:30. Admission: $2; Kodiak Area Native
Association Shareholders, local Native Corporation, and Children 12 & under
Free. Collections focusing on the prehistoric and historic traditions
of the Alutiiq people. Store.
215 Mission Road, Suite 101- Kodiak, Alaska 99615
Baranov
Museum - 907-486-5920
Open summer (Crab Festival) through Labor Day: Monday - Saturday 10-4,
Sunday noon-4; winter: Tuesday - Saturday 10-3. Special openings on request.
Admission: Adult $3; Children 12 and under Free. Collection of prehistoric
and historical objects from the Aleutian Islands and the Kodiak Archipelago.
Archives. Store. Located in the Erskine House, a National Historic Landmark.
101 Marine Way - Kodiak, Alaska 99615
Kodiak Military History Museum - 907-486-7015
Open June - Aug: Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday 1-4; May & Sept:
Saturday - Sunday 1-4; Oct - Nov: by arrangement. Admission: Adult $3;
Child (12 and under) Free. Depicts Kodiak Island's rich military history,
including World War II years. Store.
Located at Fort Abercrombie State Historical Park, Miller Point Gun Bunker.
1623 Mill Bay Road - Kodiak, Alaska 99615
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| Nome, Alaska Museum Guide |
Carrie
M. McLain Memorial Museum - 907-443-6630
Open year round: June - Sept: Daily 10-6; winter: 12-6. Admission: Free.
Showcasing Nome Gold Rush, Bering Strait Eskimos, All Alaska Sweepstakes,
1925 Serum Run, Iditarod & more. Extensive historical photograph collection.
Located at 223 Front Street.
PO Box 53 - Nome, Alaska 99762 |
| Palmer, Alaska Museum Guide |
Colony House Museum / Palmer Historical Society -
907-745-1935
Open May 1 - August 31: Tuesday - Saturday 10-4. Admission: Adult $2;
Child under 12 $1. Restored 1935 Colony farm house with original period
furnishings, showing the lifestyle of rural Matanuska Colony settlers
in the Depression years. Store.
Located at 316 East Elmwood Avenue in the Palmer Historic District.
PO Box 1925 - Palmer, Alaska 99645
Palmer
Museum - 907-745-2880
Open summer: Daily 9-6; winter: Monday - Friday 10-4. Displays from early
Palmer days with objects donated by original Colony families - farming
and kitchen items, many hand-made. Historical newspaper articles, photos.
Store. Located at 723 So. Valley Way.
PO Box 45 - Palmer, Alaska 99645
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| Petersburg, Alaska Museum Guide |
Clausen
Memorial Museum - 907-772-3598
Open summer: Monday - Saturday; Call for winter and summer hours. Admission:
$2; Children 11 & under and museum members Free. Learn how to catch
a salmon, clean a halibut, and bait a crab pot. Explore Petersburg's heritage.
Store.
Located at 203 Fram Street.
PO Box 708 - Petersburg, Alaska 99833 |
| Seward, Alaska Museum Guide |
Chugach Museum and Institute of History and Art
Please return to this location for more information as the facility prepares
for its grand opening.
Located at 201 Third Avenue, Orca Building.
Corporate office:
560 East 34th Avenue - Anchorage, Alaska 99503 - 907-563-8866
Qutekcak Culture Center
Opening in 2004. Call for information. Sharing Alaska Native culture,
arts, and artifacts, a living history of the multi-cultural Alaska
Native heritage of the Seward area.
Located at 221 Third Avenue.
PO Box 1467
Seward AK 99664
907-224-3118
Resurrection Bay Historical Society
Open May - Sept: Daily 10-5. Call for winter hours. Admission: Adults
$3; Children $.50; Preschool Children Free. Seward's history through
photographs, artifacts and documents. Summer programs. Store. Located
at 336 Third Avenue.
PO Box 55
Seward AK 99664
907-224-3902
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| Sitka, Alaska Museum Guide |
Isabel
Miller Museum / Sitka Historical Society - 907-747-6455
Open May - Sept: Daily 8-5; Oct - May: Tuesday - Saturday 10-noon, 1-4.
Admission: Free. Sitka's history unfolds here: exhibits from Tlingit
culture, Russian America, the purchase, pre-statehood, and the contemporary
era. Store. Located downtown in the Harrigan Centennial Building.
330 Harbor Drive - Sitka, Alaska 99835
Southeast Alaska Indian Cultural Center - 907-747-8061
Open year-round; call for hours. Native arts demonstrations; instruction
for students. Founded in 1969 "To sustain and perpetuate the art
and culture of the Southeast Alaska Indian people in a manner that
honors ancestral values.".
Located within the Sitka National Historic Park Visitor Center.
106 Metlakatla Street, Suite C - Sitka, Alaska 99835
Sheldon
Jackson Museum - 907-747-8981
Open May 19 - Sept 15: Daily 9-5; winter: Tuesday - Saturday 10-4. Admission:
Adults (summer) $4, (winter) $3; Youth 18 & under Free; Annual passes
and Friends members Free. The oldest continuously exhibited collection
of Alaska Native Artifacts in Alaska. Each summer artist interpreters
demonstrate their art and talk about their culture. Store.
104 College Drive - Sitka, Alaska 99835
Sitka
National Historical Park: Russian Bishop's House
Open by appointment. Admission: $3. One of four original Russian structures
remaining in North America. Exhibits interpret Russian American fur trade
in Alaska and the roles of the Russian American Company and Russian Orthodox
Church. Store. Located downtown on Lincoln Street.
PO Box 738 - Sitka, Alaska 99835 - 907-747-6281
Sitka National Historic Park: Visitor Center - 907-747-6281
Open year-round; call for hours. Admission: $3. Tlingit ethnographic
items, Tlingit and Haida totem poles. Russian American historical and
archaeological collections, archives and herbarium specimens. Tlingit
artists demonstrate, teach traditional crafts. Store.
Located at 106 Metlakatla Street.
PO Box 738 - Sitka, Alaska 99835
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| Skagway, Alaska Museum Guide |
Klondike
Gold Rush International Historical Park - 907-983-2921
Open May - mid-Sept: Daily 8-6. Artifacts and historic photographs of
the Klondike Gold Rush. Library, tours, lectures, films. Store. Located
at 2nd & Broadway, White Pass & Yukon RR Depot.
PO Box 517 - Skagway, Alaska 99840
Skagway
Museum and Archive - 907-983-2420
Open mid-May - Sept: Monday - Friday 9-5; Saturday - Sunday 1-4. Admission:
Adults $2; Students $1; Children 12 and under free; group rates available
by prior arrangement. Discover Skagway's history as a vital port and
Gateway to the Klondike goldfields. Exhibits and photographs of gold
rush, railroad, and WWII history. Archives.
Located in Historic District, 7th and Spring Streets.
PO Box 521 - Skagway, Alaska 99840
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| Talkeetna, Alaska Museum Guide |
Talkeetna Historical Society Museum - 907-733-2487
Open May - Oct: Daily 10:30 - 6:30; Oct, Dec, Mar, Apr: Friday - Sunday
10:30 - 6:30. Admission: $3; Children under 12 Free. Located in beautiful "downtown" Talkeetna,
the Museum consists of 6 buildings dedicated to preserving the history
and heritage of the town.
Located adjacent to the old village air strip off Main Street.
PO Box 76 - Talkeetna, Alaska 99676 |
| Trapper Creek, Alaska Museum Guide |
Trapper Creek Museum - 907-733-2555
Open Memorial Day through Labor Day: Daily 10:30 - 4:30. Admission: Donations
appreciated. A settler's log cabin housing a wonderful collection of
artifacts, stories and pictures depicting the life of Alaska's homesteaders,
gold rush miners and trapping pioneers. Store.
PO Box 13011 - Trapper Creek, Alaska 99683 |
| Unalaska, Alaska Museum Guide |
Museum
of the Aleutians - 907-581-5150
Open June - Sept: Monday - Saturday 10-5, Sunday 12-5; Oct - May: Tuesday
- Saturday 11-4. Admission: $4. Presents the culture and history of the
Aleutians and Pribilof Island region from Pre-history through the Russian-American
period and WWII to the present day. Store. Located at 314 Salmon Way.
PO. Box 648 - Unalaska, Alaska 99685 |
| Valdez, Alaska Museum Guide |
Valdez
Museum & Historical Archive - 907-835-2764
Open Monday - Saturday 9-6, Sunday 9-5. Admission: $3; Discounts for seniors,
students, education groups. Featuring the community's unique history from
European exploration in the 1700s to contemporary oil transportation. Exhibitions
of arts and crafts.
Located at 217 Egan Drive.
PO Box 8 - Valdez, Alaska 99686 |
| Wasilla, Alaska Museum Guide |
Dorothy
Page Museum & Historic Townsite - 907-373-9071
Open April 1 - Sept 30: Tuesday - Saturday 9-5. Admission: Adult $3;
Senior $2.50; Youth under 13 free. Regional history of mining, homesteading,
Iditarod Trail and dog mushing. Historic buildings in Townsite.
323 Main Street - Wa | |
