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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 There may be language and images that are culturally sensitive or include outdated language that does not reflect the mission and goals of our institution today.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.
B2013.075.090
Tanana #2, Kaktovik [puppies on steps of dwelling; washtub on ground, 1966]
Collection: B2013.075
B1990.014.5.AKNative.23.198
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.P.28.7.28.9.13
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.P / P28
B2017.024.1059
Jan71P7 #16044 Barrow [Inupiaq man wearing feathered head dress, parka, gloves with snowflake pattern, eyeglasses]
Keywords: Alaska, BIPOC, Inupiat, Barrow, Utqiagvik, Dancing, Parka, Feather headdress
Collection: B2017.024
B1982.046.093
[Anchorage Historical and Fine Arts Museum groundbreaking, L to R: Evangeline Atwood, Elmer Rasmuson, Bob Reev, Norma Hoyt, Bill Creighton, Richard Silberer, Mary Louise Rasmuson, Herb Hilscher, George Sullivan]
Collection: B1982.046
B1990.014.5.AKNative.40.31.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1998.014.1.1958
T195 4th Ave, Anchorage, Alaska "Night Lights" 9shows Empress Theatre and 4th Ave th[eatre]; 15 Jan 1954) [street scene with automobiles, snow, marquee showing film Kansas Pacific, released in 1953; neg is damaged: emulsion separating from support at right; upper left corner is mission]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.AKNative.3.24
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1983.091.C10172.57
(Oct 10 / 10 /1979)(Stack Steel Poly Creek)(conservator #057_02_00_00)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B1998.014.1.524
D27 Teammates "those 2 huskies 1948/40 7 negatives" [two dogs posed in snow, 1 color transparency found with neg, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2006.023.8236
[Fishing boats Glacier Bear, Arctic Wolf, Miss Unalakleet, Big Kyak]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B90.14.5.AncAir.16.97
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 16
B1990.014.5.EQ.16.13
Back side of the Inlet Hotel
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_16
B1973.079.033
On Bering Sea near Nome [team of sled dogs and three people] [orig neg only]
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1989.020.125
Anchorage - 1949 July 4, 1949 Anchorage - 4th Ave
Collection: B1989.020 Johns Collection
B1989.016.601.2
53. Corner of lobby, Curry Hotel. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.393.4
Juneau Lumber Mills [office, railroad siding, automobiles]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1767
(T91 Dawson Creek, British Columbia; milepost in street) street scene; people standing near bus, automobilesPost Office, Style Shop, Dew Drop Hotel, Yellow Cab, Jeweler, C.J. Mackay Insurance, Wholesale Grocery, Coca-Cola, depot in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2019.003.030
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Made in manual training class [boys posed outdoors in winter with snowshoes and sled] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
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, Indigenous, Indigenous boys, Indigenous young men, Young men, Handmade, Handmade equipment, Snowshoes, Sled, Dogsled, Winter transportation, Winter equipment, Students
Collection: B2019.003
B1994.008.576
(haul road in Livengood)
Keywords: transportation, haul road, pipeline
Collection: B1994.008
B2017.011.68
Alaska ’48 – Kulik, Tikchik, upstream from outlet [man angling in river, mountains at left]
Collection: B2017.011
B1998.014.1.490
D12 An Alaskan dog team "Seppala's (Round Mountain background) [musher, dog sled, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.StateBattle.2.5
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.StateBattle
B1990.014.5.AKNative.27.34
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B90.14.5.ARR.2.206
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 2