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The Anchorage Museum library includes books, maps, and print resources focused on Alaska and the Circumpolar North. The public is welcome to access the collection and conduct research on-site during open hours, or by appointment.
The Anchorage Museum archives include historic photographs and print materials covering a broad range of topics related to Alaska and the Circumpolar North. Some materials are available online, while others are available for detailed research on site at the Bob and Evangeline Atwood Alaska Resource Center.
Anchorage Museum Archive Image Search
The Anchorage Museum Archive collection includes more than 700,000 photographs and print materials
on Alaska and the Circumpolar North, with 94,938 items scanned and searchable online.
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Please note, we are actively reviewing and updating our records. There may be language and images that are culturally sensitive or include outdated language that does not reflect the mission and goals of our institution today. We consent to input and recommendations from the public as we work on decolonizing our collections.
B1989.016.660.14
99. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [wooden frame home at Palmer, Matanuska Colony]
Keywords: houses, residences
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.31.37
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1983.091.C8022.1
Lord Gillam Straight Rye Whiskey, Lord Gillam Blended Scotch Whiskey
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1995.010.5763
Tunnel, Easter [scenic of Loop District, with curved section of wooden trestle bridge in distance. Has neg dated 5/27/46]
Collection: B1995.010
B1990.014.2018.1.73.002
28-1 Sept. 1939 Pan X 32-20 Dev in DK 20-28 min @ 65 degrees Far; Reflections in water of boats [boats and rigging reflected in water; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2014.012.46
[building with signs reading "Nushagak Hospital" and J.H. Romig, M.D."]
Keywords: health, medicine
Collection: B2014.012
B1990.014.5.ConConv.11.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ConConv
B1990.014.5.AKNative.23.106
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2017.023.031
[Four men at cook stove, eating, drinking, trees, box; tarp or tent with ropes in left background]
Collection: B2017.023
B2000.014.516
(516)(4th of July Celebration Boys Race Tanaina July 5 1915)
Collection: B2000.014 Malina
B1989.016.1067.1
#204. Palmer depot. Hewitt's Photo Shop [Alaska Railroad station]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1994.009a.indianboy
1991. Indian boy and his bear cub pets. Copyright 1909 by Edw. H. Mitchell [tinted postcard]
Collection: B1994.009 Ray / B1994_009a
B2006.023.3939.jpg
Joe Redington Sr. with dog
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 3001-3999
B1998.014.1.1966
T199 Downtown Seward, Alaska "1954 Aerial" [structures including homes, churches, automobiles, railroad depot at far right]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley