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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 There may be language and images that are culturally sensitive or include outdated language that does not reflect the mission and goals of our institution today.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.
B1975.175.178
Alaska. Klikiktarek. Reindeer on Klikiktarek range. July, 1938.
Collection: B1975.175 Ickes Collection
B1998.014.1.308
B60 Service club, Elmendorf Field [dormers, dirt road, shrubs]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.P.2.21.55
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P2
B2008.029.15
[Alaska Railroad train at the headquarters/depot in Anchorage, after 1939]
Keywords: transportation
Collection: B2008.029
B1989.016.1043.1
P-7. Palmer, the Matanuska Valley Project, July 1936. Knik Glacier. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, Alaska
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2006.023.4208.jpg
Sign nailed to birch tree: Future home of Joe Redington Sr.'s Husky Haven, Father of the Iditarod Race, 20 parcels available, Waterfront Realty.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 4000-5000
B1973.079.141
[unknown mountainous and rocky coastline as seen from the rail of a vessel sailing offshore][negative cracked]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1989.016.225.2
Colonists Hospital, Palmer. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage, P-263B.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.NelsonW.1
(Nelson W Passport Photos 1933)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1990.014.5.ConConv.04.9
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ConConv
B2006.023.5050
Joe Redington Sr. standing next to banner for Commemorative Serum Relay Race.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1989.016.2281.2.11
(Alyeska Olympic National Ski event, April 5, 1963. Section 2)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.010.2177
[close-up of underside of wing of Piper Cub airplane number NC42126 tied down at airfield, other airplanes in background]
Collection: B1995.010
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.89.16
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.Logging.2.16
(Ketchikan Pulp Company Thorne Bay)(4894)(July 1966)(Ketchican Pulp Co.women and children go post office Thorne Bay)
Keywords: forestry, logging, lumber, timber
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 2
B1989.016.2318.7
(Ed Suddach's Warehouse, interior, April 25, 1951) [i.e. Edwin Suddock, men standing next to boxes of goods and food on conveyor belt and in piles, including cartons of Libby's Tomato Juice, Stokely's Apple Sauce, Wesson Oil, and Mazola Refined Corn Oil]
Keywords: businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.005.027
{photo album of family and military service on Attu during World War II}
Collection: B2016.005
B1990.014.2018.1.89.003
32-2; portrait of K.C. [Kenneth] Britt [man wearing suit poses with polka-dot toy elephant on staircase; Thanksgiving; November 23, 1939]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.AKNative.11.80
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.EQ.20.92
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_20