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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 95,683 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 There may be language and images that are culturally sensitive or include outdated language that does not reflect the mission and goals of our institution today.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.
B2017.023.182
[service men in bar, possibly NCO club] "No minors allowed" [sign near bar]
Collection: B2017.023
B2006.023.5462.jpg
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Photo Exhibition. Early homesteaders, Iditarod Trail. Photo by Joe Redington Sr.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 5001-5999
B1984.077.9.033
[Dredge pond, tailings, floats for electrical line, pipeline in distance.]
Collection: B1984.077
B1989.016.914
P-527. 9/22/36. Hewitt's Photo (Haying Time) [two men with horse-drawn wagon gathering hay from field in Matanuska Valley]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B90.14.5.AncAir.18.17
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 18
B1994.009.1037
104 Equipment and laboratory [likely in Anchorage; 1957; White Alice; caption from verso has been cut away]
Collection: B1994.009 Ray
B1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.2.15
(Alaska Universities)(AK Methodist )(AMU)(aerial)(Jun 7 1962)(12482)(AMU total area){Alaska Methodist University}
Keywords: university, Alaska Pacific University
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
B1990.014.5.P.2.19.18
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P2
B2019.003.063
“Scenes on Cook’s Inlet” [woman posed underneath rock outcropping on shoreline] [Dena'ina Elnena, Tikahtnu]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Tikahtnu, Cook's Inlet, Cooks Inlet, Cook Inlet, Inlet, Waterway, Woman, Rock, Rocky, Boulder, Outcropping, Rock formations, Shoreline
Collection: B2019.003
B90.14.5.ANC.Air.27.61
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / B90.14.5.ANC.Air.27
B1990.014.5.AKNative.8.15
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.2210.61
(Eklutna School, Eskimo Dances, Seal, Wolf Dance, 9/15/37) [man wearing glasses and white fur parka with dark hood roots, geometric design and fur trim along bottom, standing outdoors]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1991.011.599
"Newtok camp on Nelson Isl. [island], 1958" [group of children pose with ocean in background]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1990.014.5.ConConv.03.26
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ConConv
B1983.146.170
Government railroad_ Driving first spike April 29 1915 { post card showing a woman getting ready to strike a spike into the ground with 5 men watching}
Keywords: post card, railroad, transportation, construction
Collection: B1983.146 Pyatt Laurence Negatives
B1990.014.5.AKNative.40.73.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B90.14.5.Anc.Air.9.21
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 9