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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 95,683 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 There may be language and images that are culturally sensitive or include outdated language that does not reflect the mission and goals of our institution today.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.Anc.Air.19.33
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 19
B1990.014.5.AKNative.44.175.5
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1991.011.6
Indian Woman preparing moose hide Allakaket 1961
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1962.001.2482.N
Groups, etc. Chititu 03. Chititu Development Co. [Chititu Creek]
Keywords: Chititu Development Co., Chititu Creek, Creeks, Camps and camping, Tents, Machinery and equipment
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1990.014.5.AKNative.43.98
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.P.28.7.3
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P28
B1989.016.651
Kenai Alaska beauty. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [dog portrait]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.694
F19 Alaska fish trap, photo by Frank Morgan "Fish trap in SE Alaska" [copy neg, same as .693]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.ConConv.21.14
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ConConv
b2015.027.12
[portrait of young Aleut man wearing driving cap, leaning against large boulder outdoors]
Collection: B2015.027
B1990.014.5.EQ.01.13.12
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ 1
B1990.014.2018.1.253.001
78-3 Elaine Cloudy [April 1942; Ketchikan; portrait]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.AKNative.44.148
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.AKNative.2.90
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2006.023.8973
L to R: Phil Fleming, Joee Redington, Joe Redington. Tripod markers on the Iditarod Trail, December 1974.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1957.005.012
Alaska Railroad - Moose Pass to Portage Grandview Grandview Pass Mile (?) 45 ARR
Collection: B1957.005 Jack H Floyd
B2014.019.337
F281. Eskimo’s in summer dress, Unalakleet. 4th Ave. Fotoshop, Anchorage [group posed outdoors, fish rack and tent frame in background. labeled in manuscript as Nome]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2014.019
B2019.003.017
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Native graveyard [spirit houses in cemetery in spring] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet. Graveyard part of Eklutna Historical Park]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, Education, U.S. Government, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Eklutna graveyard, Graveyard, Eklutna cemetery, Cemetery, Burials, Grave site, Spirit House, Spirit Houses, Eklutna Historical Park
Collection: B2019.003