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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 94,934 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 There may be language and images that are culturally sensitive or include outdated language that does not reflect the mission and goals of our institution today.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.
B1998.014.1.045
A18 "Kodiak" tame Alaskan wolf (Kabuk, tame wolf, 1946)
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.People.14.336
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B1989.016.1190.1
Harvesting in the Matanuska Valley. Hewitt's 93 [man with team of horses and farming machinery in hayfield. copy neg]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.20.41
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2021.006.25
Aunt Janie Hayes and her grandson and Aunt Luretha Reid
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Janie Hayes, Luretha Reid, Grandson, Family
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B1998.014.1.785
L25 Enroute to McKinley National Park "1946 postcard" [scenic view, lake or river, mountains, spurce, clouds, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B90.14.5.ARR.2.172
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 2
B1989.016.2080.17
(Sportscar Race, Fur Rendezvous, Anchorage, 1963)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1979.002.4902
"7/10/1919 McIntyre's first calf & barley 33-1/2" [sleeve 33 (not 33-1/2); Interior, woman feeding calf from pail, fence, garden, chickenwire, agriculture, livestock]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1984.077.12.014
[Ship deck scene, equipment, railing, water, man in background.]
Collection: B1984.077
b2005.023.64
928 Delaney, Anchorage. Harman home. Taken in 2005 by Doris Rhodes.
Collection: B2005.023
B1990.014.5.AKNative.24.60.6B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B90.14.5.AncAir.16.71
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 16
B1990.014.5.AKNative.16.11
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.2077.11
44 (Fur Rendezvous, Last Day of Big Races, 1954) [young man with three-dog team on Fourth Avenue, with spectators in front of City Hall]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.20.64
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 20
B1990.014.5.TV.095.10.16B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1973.079.100
[unidentified person standing on wrecked boat dock other structures in background][negative faded]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection