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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 There may be language and images that are culturally sensitive or include outdated language that does not reflect the mission and goals of our institution today.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.ConConv.12.19
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ConConv
B1989.016.1926.4
(Fur Rondy 1952) [fireman standing in Anchorage Fire Department exhibit booth during Fur Rendezvous]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1997.003.216
[aerial view of Anchorage in winter, Mount Susitna in upper right]
Collection: B1997.003
B1998.014.1.347
(B73 Anchorage, Westward Hotel) [gravel street, automobiles]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.EQ.11.19
Tudor Rd Volunteer Fire Department responding to a house fire.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_11
B1990.014.5.AKNative.27.60.7B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.590.1
30. Healy River Coal Mines. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.90.13
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1995.014.124.1
Willow Creek, 1946 [bird's eye view of man working at sluice box in pit at mining operation, Fairbanks Exploration Co.?]
Collection: B1995.014
B2018.023.087a
J. Sussman Stock Photo Co. Balto. [Baltimore?] “Dubby” [portrait of husky, possibly sled dog owned by Scotty Allan; black and white]
Collection: B2018.023
B1989.016.2057.19
Merry Christmas (Christmas Cards 1936-37) [Christmas card mat with sketch of creek in winter, with photograph of musher and dog team stopped on winter trail. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.23.116
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1970.028.065
Canneries. Low tide in Anchorage. Cannery in the distance. 33 ft. tide - Anchorage, Alaska.
Collection: B1970.028 Eide
B90.14.5.AncAir.16.112
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 16
B1990.014.5.AKNative.3.10
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1998.014.1.2104
W12 Winter trail in Alasks "1946 postcard (trail & cabin) [copy neg; same as .2102]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2014.023.194
(Fairbanks Scenics)[woman and dog sitting on rungs of ladder leading up to a cache]
Collection: B2014.023
B2021.002.104
Slides with images of Fleming family members and friends.
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, African American Families
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B2017.006.Walch.Sara.59.1
Sara Walch, 1995, [young woman posing, smiling and kneeling with two dogs, Huskies]
Keywords: Boyer, Boyer Photography, Teenagers, Women, People, Dogs, Huskies
Collection: B2017.006
B1995.014.10.8
Winter fishing [Russian Mission]. Fish traps were put out just before Christmas. They celebrated Russian Christmas which is on January 7th. [men standing near holes in ice]
Keywords: ethnotechnology
Collection: B1995.014
B2006.023.9076
[Joe Redington at podium with one other man; Kuskokwim 300 ceremony]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington