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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 There may be language and images that are culturally sensitive or include outdated language that does not reflect the mission and goals of our institution today.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.
B1995.010.5787
[passengers preparing to board railroad motorcar No. 111 at Anchorage. Has neg]
Collection: B1995.010
B1984.077.17.018
Palmer [watertower, buildings, trucks, road, puddle, water, reflection. Neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B2013.054
George Aden Ahgupuk Inscription "To my Friend George and Mildred Rilvold(sp?) From your Eskimo Friend George Ahgupuk"
Collection: B2013.054
B1984.077.17.014
[gravel road, buildings, mountains and clouds in distance, snow on peaks. Neg. is deteriorating.]
Collection: B1984.077
B2015.008.1169a
51.9. Cathedral, Magdeburg, Germany. 10.14.10, 3:15 P.M., bright, 8, 1/50 sec., 100 ft. Magdeburg Cathedral, Germany, in which is the wonderful bronze tomb by Peter Vischer, see 51.8. Earliest Gothic church in Germany [exterior. Proof print]
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.GoodmanLloyd.1
[Goodman Loyd Passport Photos 1942]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1998.014.1.1734
(T69 Cordova, off city dock, 1948) [similar to .1733]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2006.023.2461
1978 Iditarod Trail Race Unalakleet Checkpoint, Sponsored by Unalakleet Fisherman's Coop.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1990.014.5.People.14.36
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B2015.008.1233b
Argentina. Church & belfry constructed by Indians at one of Jesuit missions 150 years ago [same as .1233a]
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.ODermotChasJ.1
(ODermot Chas J Passport Photos 1935-36)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1989.016.239.10
Alaska furs at Fur Rendezvous, Anchorage, Alaska, 1939, No. 10. Hewitt's Photo Shop. [1938?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.30.9
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2016.006.40
And there’s the ferry “Taku” below in the Wrangell Narrows [aerial; print date Aug 66]
Collection: B2016.006
B2015.015.06
This isn’t so good of me, but is of Frank & Robert. A cold wind was blowing & I show it. Just thot you could see how Robert has grown [Frank, Leada, and Robert posed outdoors next to building, early 1940s?]
Collection: B2015.015
B1991.011.1194
Point Hope; lichen encrusted whale bone [boy poses on tundra with whale bone]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1989.016.2010.2
(Palmer, from hill)[Photograph of Palmer as seen from local hill]
Keywords: farm, farming, fields, rural
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
b2009.057.19
A Good Start. [Horse teams moving large tent.] 3.5 x 5.5 nitrate negative.
Collection: B2009.057 Pyatt
B90.14.5.ARR.1.23
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / B90_14_5_ARR.1
B1990.014.5.AKNative.16.40.53
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.88.94
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B90.14.5.AncAir.16.132.19
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 16
B2017.021.9
Pacific Stereopticon Co. [Alaska Native men dancing and drumming, with large group of spectators, in front of building. Tinted. Tint flaking]
Collection: B2017.021
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.91.42A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative