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Museums
of Juneau & Sitka
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Alaska State Museum |
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395 Whittier Street
Hours: M- F 8:30am - 5:30pm Sat. - Sun, 10am - 6pm |
Admission: Adults, $5 |
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 |
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House of Wickersham |
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| 213 7th Street |
Hours: Daily 1
to 5pm - closed
Wednesday |
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. Facility can be rented for
meetings. |
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Juneau Douglas City Museum |
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4th & Main Streets
Hours: Summer: 9am - 5pm
Sat/Sun 10am
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Admission: Adults
$4; 18 and under Free |
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 & local
history exhibits change throughout the year.
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Last Chance Mining Museum |
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Last Chance Basin at the end of Basin
Road
Hours: May - Sept: 9:30 - 12:30am and 3:30 - 6:30pm |
Admission: $5 |
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. |
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Sentinel Island Lighthouse
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Lynn
Canal, 35 miles north of Juneau
Tours and groups events by arrangement |
(907) 586-5338
Open hours
and admission to be announced. |
1902 lighthouse, Listed on
National Register of Historic Places. |
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John Rishel Mineral
Information Center
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The doors to the
Juneau-John Rishel Mineral Information Center
(JRMIC) officially closed
to the public July 20, 2007. Funding for the Alaska
Minerals Program, which includes the JRMIC, was not
included in the Bureau of Land Managements (BLM) budget
for 2008. The U.S. Coast Guard will move into the
building this summer.
The JRMIC was located on Mayflower Island in Douglas,
Alaska. The center housed a specialized mining and
geology library with a collection of more than 20,000
mineral-related items, including books, journals, maps,
and state and federal government documents.
Mining artifacts will be
transferred to the Juneau-Douglas City Museum,
and will be identified by a commemorative plaque
recognizing the John Rishel collection.
The world-class mineral
collection will be transferred to the University
of Alaska Anchorage, one of the only facilities
in the state with room to display the complete
collection.
Records and books will be transferred to the Alaska
Resources Library and Information Services (ARLIS) in
Anchorage and the Alaska Department of Geological and
Geophysical Surveys (DGGC) in Fairbanks. An effort is
being made to keep information specific to southeast
Alaska available in Juneau libraries. The information
will remain accessible to the public. For information on
using ARLIS, go to www.arlis.org or call 907-272-7547. |
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Tom Pittman Geology and
Mining Museum |
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Tom Pittman Geology and Mining Museum was located on the
first floor of the Main Office Building at the John
Rishel Mineral Information Center. Hundreds of mineral,
rock, and fossil specimens from Alaska are on display,
along with photos and mining artifacts from Juneaus
historic gold mining days. The museum also contains
displays of artifacts from the former U. S. Bureau of
Mines Alaska Field Office, which operated from 1951
until 1996, when the facility was transferred to the
Bureau of Land Management. The library and public room,
formerly the U.S. Bureau of Mines library, contains more
than 20,000 geologic and minerals publications. |
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Sitka Historical Society and Museum |
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330 Harbor Drive
Hours: May-Sept: Daily 9am - 5pm |
Admission: No admission fee. |
Make the Isabel Miller Museum, in the Centennial
Building, your first stop, as Sitka's history unfolds
here. Packed with displays, photographs and artifacts,
the museum provides a perspective for almost everything
one sees during a visit. One of the first things
visitors notice is a scale model of Sitka circa 1867,
the time of the transfer of Alaska from Russia to the
U.S. Exhibits include the legacy of WWII. Ever wonder
how Sitkans: Tlingit, Russian and early American, lived
during the last thousand, hundred or ten years? It's
here. An attractive gift shop offers many exclusives and
a collection of Tlingit, Russian and local hand-crafted
items related to collections. |
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Russian Bishop's House
Under Sitka National Historical Park |
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Sheldon Jackson Museum |
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104 College Drive
Hours: Summer: Daily 9
am - 5pm |
Admission: Adults: $4;
18 & under free |
Dr. Sheldon Jackson, museum founder, had the distinction
of serving in three pioneer fields during the late
1800s, founding Protestant missions and schools,
establishing the public school system, and introducing
domestic reindeer. In his travels he reached many
sections of Alaska, as well as the coast of Siberia,
gathering the majority of the artifacts now seen in the
museum. Located on the campus of Sheldon Jackson
College, the museum was established in 1888 to preserve
the natural and cultural history of Alaska. The
building, listed on the National Register of Historic
Sites, was constructed in 1895 and is the oldest
concrete building in the state. Since 1984, it has been
one of the Alaska State Museums. The Museum Shop carries
Alaska Native handicrafts, arts, carvings, baskets,
dolls, and silver, as well as publications and graphics
relating to the collections. |
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Sitka National Historical
Park |
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106 Metlakatla Street; Lincoln
Street
Call for hours - (907) 747-6281 |
Admission:$4 at Visitor Center, $3 at
Bishop's House |
The museum collection includes Tlingit ethnographic
items, Tlingit and Haida totem poles, Russian American
historical and archaeological collections, historical
photographs, archives and herbarium specimens. The
park's Visitor's Center features exhibits on Tlingit
culture, and a slide program on the 1804 "Battle of
Sitka." A wing of the Visitor Center houses the
Southeast Alaska Indian Cultural Center, Inc., an
independent organization of Tlingit artists who
demonstrate and teach traditional wood and silver
carving. An extensive collection of
historic Tlingit and Haida totem poles, originally
brought to Sitka by Alaska's first territorial governor,
border the park trail along Sitka Sound. Also within
park grounds is the site where Kiksadi Tlingit fought
the Russians in 1804, before establishing Sitka as
capital of Russian America. The Russian Bishop's House,
a National Historic Landmark in th e care of Sitka
National Historical Park, is one of four original
Russian structures remaining in North America. Exhibits
on its first floor interpret Russian American fur trade
in Alaska, and the roles of the Russian American Company
and Russian Orthodox Church. Located in downtown Sitka
on Lincoln Street, the house's second floor is restored
to its 1850s' appearance with original and period
furnishings. |
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Southeast Alaska Indian
Cultural Center |
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106 Metlakatla Street - Park Visitor
Center |
Hours: Summer: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. daily |
SEAICC provides a program of Northwest Coast art
demonstrations and cultural interpretation in three
studios- wood, metals and fiber arts. During the winter
we offer instruction in N.W. Coast art media. We have
displays of student art and special exhibits year round.
SEIACC also sponsors special projects and collaborates
with other regional organizations.
Artists: Tommy Joseph (carver/wood), Teri Rofkar
(weaver/ baskets & robes), Margret Gross-Hope
(beadwork); Catherine Pook (after-school beading). |
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