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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 There may be language and images that are culturally sensitive or include outdated language that does not reflect the mission and goals of our institution today.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.
B2006.023.7655
Joe Redington Sr., John Patton and two other men pose with dogs and dog truck in Minnesota before or after the start of the Beargrease Sled Dog Race.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1989.016.1571.6
(Palmer - Early Scenes) [bird's eye view of cultivated fields with Matanuska Colony homestead visible in middle ground, termination dust on mountains in distance]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
TV.202.5.4b
(Eskimo hunters of Wainewright have just brought in two walruses local kids play on the beached walruses)
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1989.016.416.2
39. Rendezvous Queen Mary Margaret Abercrombie, 1939 [court on stage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.44.93.3
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.2018.1.181.002
60-3 views taken around Thomas Basin; Basha's [January 1941, Ketchikan; possible boardwalk and barrier; structure with ladder on roof in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.2294.5
(Elks' Lodge, Anchorage, interior of main hall, August 1950) [vignette]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B90.14.5.ANC.Air.27.117
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / B90.14.5.ANC.Air.27
B1990.014.5.Science.13.32
Ice cellar at Wainwright. Permafrost. 8 1974 [man in bottom of hole]
Keywords: food, ethnotechnology, cold
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Science
B1989.016.460
Frost [with fence along road, farm house in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.007.260
75-271. Glacier Bay Nat. Mon., Lowell Thomas Sr. & Jr. aboard the LeConte, 6 July 1975, Pentax 135mm
Collection: B2016.007
B90.14.5.AncAir.22.6.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 22
B2006.023.4429
Carousel labeled: Buying fish Pitkas Point. Joe Sr. fish buying.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2014.028.180
Y-72. [view down pipeline through forested area, Davidson Ditch? Caption on typed sheet: “48” water line built in 1925 no. of Fairbanks”]
Collection: B2014.028
B1990.014.5.ConConv.19.3
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ConConv
B1983.091.C10172.92
(Oct 10 / 10 /1979)(Stack Steel Poly Creek)
Keywords: clam digger:
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1990.014.5.P.23.76.6
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P23