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| ALASKA STATEWIDE | ||
| Alaska State Library | ||
| Alaska Digital Archives | ||
| ELFIN COVE | ||
| Elfin Cove Museum | PO
36 Elfin Cove, AK 99825 Phone: 907.239.2222 Fax: 907.239.2224 |
Beginning collection of local artifacts and history. |
| HYDER | ||
| Hyder Community Association | Physical
location: Main Street, adjacent to Forest Service office and public library. Mailing address: PO 149, Hyder, AK 99923 Phone: 907.636.9148 Fax: 907.636.9148 |
A small museum with historical artifacts and photos and a nice collection
of local wildlife. |
| JUNEAU | ||
| Alaska State Archives | PO
Box 110525 141 Willoughby Avenue Juneau, AK 99811-0525 Phone 907.465.2270 Fax: 907.465.2465 |
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| Alaska State Museum | 395
Whittier Street Juneau, AK 99801-1718 907.465.2901. Fax: 907.465.2976 |
Established in 1900, the Museum collects, exhibits, and interprets the human and natural history of Alaska. The Museum features a full-size bald eagle nesting tree and extensive ethnographic exhibits on the cultures of Alaska's Native people. Two galleries offer changing exhibits. Docent tours scheduled throughout the summer. Arboretum on grounds features Alaska plants. The Museum provides statewide museum services and assists in the development of the state's cultural and historic resources. The Museum Store, operated by the Friends of the Alaska State Museum, offers a wide array of Native arts, publications, and educational materials. Accredited by the American Association of Museums. |
| Juneau-Douglas City Museum | Mailing
Address: 155 South Seward Street Juneau, Alaska 99801 Physical Location: corner of 4th and Main Street (907) 586-3572 |
Exhibits and videos feature early Juneau life and gold mining history. Large relief map of Juneau, 500-700 year-old basketry-style fish trap, visitor information, historic downtown Juneau guide, and museum shop available. Art exhibits featuring local artists change Oct-April, local history exhibits change throughout the year. |
| Gastineau
Channel Historical Society |
PO
Box 21264 Juneau, AK 99802 Phone: 907-586-5338 |
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| History of Juneau | Online | |
| Last Chance Mining Museum |
PO Box
21264 |
Located in the historic compressor building associated with the former Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company which operated in Juneau from 1912 until 1944. The museum features one of the world's largest air compressors and other industrial artifacts associated with hard rock gold mining. The site also includes electric locomotives and rail cars which hauled men to the mine and ore to the mill. Access to the museum is via a short hike up the hill on a trail of uneven terrain-well worth the effort. Museum is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and Alaska Gold Rush Properties. |
| Alaska
Historical Collections Alaska State Library |
Mailing
Address: PO Box 110571 Juneau, Alaska 99811-0571 Physical Location: 8th Floor State Office Building 333 Willoughby Ave. Juneau, Alaska Phone: 907.465.2925 Fax: 907.465.2990 |
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| Egan Library - University of Alaska Southeast | 11120
Glacier Hwy (BE1) Juneau, AK 99801 Circulation: 796-6300 Reference: 796-6502 Toll Free: 877-796-6502 Fax: 907-796-6302 |
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| Sealaska Heritage Institute | One
Sealaska Plaza, Suite 301 Juneau, Alaska 99801 Phone (907) 463-4844 Fax (907) 586-9293 |
Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) is a regional Native nonprofit organization founded for the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian people of Southeast Alaska. SHI was established in 1981 by Sealaska Corp., a for-profit company formed under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA). |
| House of Wickersham | Physical
location: 213 7th Street Mailing address: 400 Willoughby Ave. Juneau, AK 99801 Phone: 907.586.9001 or 907.465-2453 |
Historic home of Judge James Wickersham, first Alaska territorial delegate to Congress, Gold Rush judge, proponent of "home rule" and noted historian. Wickersham family heirlooms and Native arts and crafts, furniture, concert square piano. |
| KETCHIKAN | ||
| Genealogical Society of S.E. Alaska | P.O.
Box 6313 Ketchikan, AK 99901 |
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| Southeast Alaska Discovery Center, USDA Forest Service | 50
Main Street Ketchikan, AK 99901 Phone: 907.228.6220 Fax: 907.228.6234 |
Experience world-class exhibits and audiovisual programs. Discover Tsimshian, Haida and Tlingit totem poles, the rainforest room, a Native fish camp scene, and exhibits on Southeast Alaska's ecosystems, fishing, mining, timber and tourism. Located one block from the cruise ship dock in downtown Ketchikan. |
| Tongass Historical Museum | 629
Dock Street Ketchikan, AK 99901 Phone: 907.225.5600 Fax: 907.225.5602 |
The varied and colorful history of Alaska's feisty "First City" unfolds at the Tongass Historical Museum. Discover Ketchikan as Native fish camp, gold and copper mining center, fishing port, timber town, salmon capital, transportation hub, and lively community. Changing exhibits. Located downtown at the North end of historic Creek Street. |
| Totem Heritage Center | Physical
location: 601 Deermont Street Mailing address: 629 Dock Street Ketchikan, AK 99901 Phone: 907.225.5900 Fax: 907.225.5901 |
Visitors to the Totem Heritage Center are awed by a world-renowned collection of original, unrestored 19th century totem poles, retrieved from abandoned Native villages near Ketchikan. Additional exhibits illuminate the rich culture of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian people of Southeast Alaska. Located on Ketchikan Creek, across from the Tribal Hatchery and Eagle Center. |
| PETERSBURG | ||
| Clausen Memorial Museum | Physical
location: 203 Fram Street Mailing address: PO 708 Petersburg, AK 99833 Phone: 907.772.3598 . Email: clausenmuseum@aptalaska.net |
Clausen Memorial Museum assists you as you explore the beauty and bounty of the Stikine River delta, Coastal mountain glaciers and the Mitkof, Kupreanof and mainland areas. Logging and fishing for salmon, halibut, black cod, crab, shrimp and more are just some of the attractions that have drawn hard-working people to make a living in this area for at least two thousand years. Find out how to catch a halibut, rig a long-line, peel a shrimp, harvest a forest, set a fish trap, make lutefisk and clean a salmon. Enjoy a trip to the past and see cannery equipment, the Cape Decision light lens, a Tlingit canoe, the Fisk sculpture, the world's largest mounted king salmon and much more. Special programs for adults and children are presented during the year. The museum shop, and easy access to parking, rest rooms and exhibit areas are provided. |
| WRANGELL | ||
| Wrangell Genealogical Society | PO
Box 928 Wrangell, AK 99929 |
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| Tribal House of the Bear | Physical
location: Foot of Front Street Mailing address: PO 868 Wrangell, AK 99929 Phone/Fax: 907.874.3747 |
Replica of a traditional tribal house constructed by the CCC during the Roosevelt administration. Display of tools used in the construction of the building. Replicas of the famous Shakes house posts. Also has the Frog house posts of the Kiksadi clan. Interpreter gives history of the house and local information. |
| Wrangell Museum | Physical
location: 296 Campbell Drive Mailing address: PO 1050 Wrangell, AK 99929 Phone: 907.874.3770 Fax: 907.874.3785 Email: museum@wrangell.com |
History of Wrangell beginning with early Native American prehistory, SE Alaska Native American cultures; Russian and British contact period; Gold Rush period; fishing, mining and forest industries; turn-of-the-century Wrangell. Display includes original house posts from Chief Shakes house carved in the mid-1700s. A "spruce canoe", one of very few still in existence, a turn-of-the-century spruce and cedar bark basket collection, several original totem poles, and everyday memorabilia. Museum gift shop sells books, cards, petroglyph stamps, and Wrangell garnets from Garnet Ledge. |
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