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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.
Enter your search in the box above, or simply click on the search icon to see a random selection of images from the archives.
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 There may be language and images that are culturally sensitive or include outdated language that does not reflect the mission and goals of our institution today.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.
B2012.030.2441
Annual kill of female, average 32,300, St. Paul Island, Aug. 27, 1964
Collection: B2012.030
B2010.023.345
(Barter Island school house and village water supply from DEW line)(From N Chance 4-148)[Barter Island community houses with fishing boat and ocean in the background]
Collection: B2010.023
B2016.005.108
{photo album of family and military service on Attu during World War II}
Collection: B2016.005
B2017.024.3355
June 1971 [likely Savoonga; spring breakup scene; men standing and sitting near doorway of structure; man carving tusk; children, snow, laundry on clothesline; snowmanchines; dog]
Collection: B2017.024
B1995.014.58.14
Jim Douglas, Willow Creek Express [four dogs harnessed to two-wheeled trap carrying supplies, white and Native men at left, log cabin in background]
Keywords: transportation, animals
Collection: B1995.014
B90.14.8.1.ANC.8.3a
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_14_5_ANC.8
B1990.014.5.Logging.1.19.15
(timber)(July 1966)(KP. Co. Thorne Bay Yarder's Log Spar)(good)(np)
Keywords: forestry, lumber, logging
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B1990.014.2018.1.136.003
46-1 May 1940; Plus x 40 - 24; DK 20; Marine views - oil barge - Neptune & Venus [wood vessel with decorated prow; anchor; fishing vessels in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.008.235
2 6 9525 Port Wells Alaska BArry and Coxe Glaciers now seperated
Keywords: Chugach, College fjord, Prince William Sound, Port Wells, glacier, mountains
Collection: B2015.008
B1979.002.4683
"Tractor plowing 1918, summer fallow" [sleeve 18, Fairbanks Experiment Farm, milepost 466, man driving tractor, pulling plow; two children walk behind plow; hats, heatnets, mosquito nets, field, agriculture]
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.19.13
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 19
B1994.009a.wpyrtunnel
889. Tunnel on White Pass and Yukon R.R. Alaska
Keywords: railroads, transportation
Collection: B1994.009 Ray / B1994_009a
B90.14.5.Anc.Air.4.9
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 4
B2021.008.72
We’ll watch baby [Two dogs and one child on a beach with water in the background]
Keywords: Child, Dog, Beach
Collection: B2021.008 Myrtle Everett Bragaw
B90.14.5.Logging.1.3.9
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1
B1989.016.1418.3
Mt McKinley & Reflection. #17. PA. 5 x 7 nitrate negative. Warping.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.019.1.01e.13038.28
Overview of Sand Point, Alaska, [Alaska Cities - Sand Point], c. 1999
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Alaska Cities, Sand Point
Collection: B2016.019
B1990.014.2018.1.90.006
33-1 Dec. 1939 Agfa Superpan Supreme - 50-32; Dev in DK20-15 min @ 69°; Portrait of Bob and Dorothy Strong [man wearing striped tie and woman wearing sweater with buttons at shoulder; lamp on table at far right]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2021.004.Box6.Page11
"Workshop focus: college aid" 6/8/1981
Keywords: Ed Wesley, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans, Anchorage, NAACP, Financial Aid
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley