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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 94,942 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 There may be language and images that are culturally sensitive or include outdated language that does not reflect the mission and goals of our institution today.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.
B1990.014.5.AKNative.10.28
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.TV.019.45.43.2A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1993.020.839
Welcome Ike sign & military guards, 4th Ave. [Anchorage street scene with Mode O’Day, Farrel’s, 515 Lounge, Esquire Shop, Lois Beauty Salon, Rexall Drugs; print date Jul 60]
Collection: B1993.020 Rhodes
B1990.014.2018.1.31.006
13-3 gang around Jennings campfire [man sitting on driftwood holding what is likely a marshmallow; likely 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2017.021.2
14. Taku Glacier [two people in small boat at base of glacier terminus. Tinted. Glass cracked]
Collection: B2017.021
B1989.016.MilllsWJ.1
(Mills W J Passport Photos 1935-36)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.91.70B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2015.008.073
23812(91914)(930am)(Holyoke and Barnard Glaciers)
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord, Glaciers, icebergs
Collection: B2015.008
B2017.023.249
[Three people pose on steps, snow, woman in center, sailor at left, Wally at right.]
Collection: B2017.023
B1989.016.256.2
The Tanana River clearing of ice at Nenana after the 1940 break-up. Photo by Charles Wilson.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.783.4
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage. [McGee Airways airplane NC211W draped with furs, with two men]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1997.003.217
[aerial view of Anchorage, possibly parkstrip; Mount Susitna in distance; neg is deteriorating]
Collection: B1997.003
B1984.077.17.015
Pioneer bus terminal; round trip $3.50 Anchorage, Palmer [building, mud, automobile, planks, utility poles. Neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.1568.1
148. Valley spud crop, Palmer, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska [potatoes in field]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B90.14.5.ARR.2.166.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 2
B2006.023.4788
[Wedding of Joe Jr. and Thela Redington?] Larry Gibson
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1990.014.2018.1.44.004
18-4 mink [minks in wood and metal cage; blurry; likely 1939, Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018