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address:121 West 7th Avenue  Anchorage, AK 99501 phone:907-343-4326 fax:907-343-6149 website:Anchorage Museum email:

Events Calendar

Sunday, November 15th

Book signing - Bill Streever - Cold

when:7:00pm, Anchorage, AK
venue:Anchorage Museum

Tuesday, November 17th

Digital Photography

when:6:30pm, Anchorage, AK
venue:Anchorage Museum

Wednesday, November 18th

I Wonder Preschool Program

when:2:00pm, Anchorage, AK
venue:Anchorage Museum

Thursday, November 19th

Cook Inlet Historical Society - Lecture

when:7:30pm, Anchorage, AK
venue:Anchorage Museum

Wednesday, November 25th

I Wonder Preschool Program

when:2:00pm, Anchorage, AK
venue:Anchorage Museum

Mission :

- Collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret the art, history, anthropology and science of Alaska and its relationship to the Circumpolar North.
- Maintain an active and diverse changing exhibition program that acquaints the community with the global spectrum of human artistic, cultural and scientific expression.
- Provide a major cultural center for Anchorage where the community and its visitors meet, create, learn and participate in the museum's programs and activities.
- Stimulate the contributions of a creative population of artists, historians, anthropologists, scientists and other allied professionals.
- Demonstrate leadership and scholarship in its endeavors to serve the widest possible audience and to work with groups, individuals and organizations that share a common interest in cultural, educational and scientific activities.

Latest News

Translations - Exhibition

In the exuberant swirls of Sandy Gillespie's paintings, there aren't any buried images of mountains or bears. Rather, her massive, abstract oil paintings strive to capture the... Read more

Earth Fire And Fibre XXVII - Exhibition

Earth, Fire and Fibre XXVII opens with a First Friday reception 7 to 9 p.m. Sept. 4. The Anchorage Museum's biennial craft exhibition is one of the state's longest running juried... Read more

Artists At Play - Exhibition

Like children at play, artists love to explore and imagine. A companion to Science in Toyland, the new exhibition Artists at Play features Alaska artists who transform playthings... Read more