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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 There may be language and images that are culturally sensitive or include outdated language that does not reflect the mission and goals of our institution today.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.AKNative.3.154
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1997.003.209
[airplane on ground, wings and nose covered in fabric, people, fuel?; image is deteriorating]
Collection: B1997.003
B1990.014.5.AKNative.24.53
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2009.017.1985.Back.To.The.Future
Back to the Future (1985)
Keywords: cartoon, Anchorage Daily News
Collection: B2009.017
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.88.64
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1962.001.2969
Chistuchina [Chistochina River] [Man walking near log pile, winter. Ahtna Territory, Tsiis Tl'edze' Caegge (Chistochina)]
Keywords: Tsiis Tl'edze' Caegge, Chistochina, River, Camp, Man, Walking, Log, Winter, Midwinter, Snow, Snowy, Mountain
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1973.079.168
[Lt. Cron, Mrs Cron and another woman posing with Frederick, Alama and family dog in front of the Cron house][negative cracked]
Keywords: house, family, toddler, child, father, mother, baby stroller, boardwalk, winter
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.11.19.5a
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1972.046.034edit
Siwash Indian camp. [Susan Jackson, Metis Association: Probably Kutchin or Peel River Indians, closer to Ft. McPherson than the Yukon."]
Collection: B1972.046 Vernon Humble
B1990.014.5.TV.019.45.10.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1989.016.645
Going over into Broad Pass, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [dog teams with sleds on trail]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B90.14.5.ARR.3.57
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 3
B1990.014.5.ConConv.10.7
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ConConv
B1989.016.1130.1
[Juneau Lumber Mills, with railroad tracks in center, office at right, other buildings in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.Anc.Sch.1.132
(Anchorage Schools, West Hi)(High School)(9 5551 56)
Keywords: education, school
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Anc_Schools
B1973.079.174
[dredging offshore as seen from another vessel showing several men looking on from the rail]
Keywords: dredge, ocean, resource extraction, mining, industry, ship
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B1957.005.180
Repairing damages caused by glacial mud slides at mile 139 - A.E.C. R[ailwa]y. May 10-1918. AEC H63 HGK Verso: 3 meter north of Birchwood. Alaska Railroad - Anchorage to Matanuska. Birchwood. [construction crew repairing damage to tracks at mile 139 along Turnagain Arm after mud slides] [2 copies]
Keywords: AEC, A.E.C., Alaskan Engineering Commission, Alaska Railroad, Railroad, Railway, Anchorage, Matanuska, Birchwood, Repair, Damage, Glacial, Mud slide, Hill, Hillside, Mile 139, Construction, Crew, Workers, Turnagain Arm, Tracks
Collection: B1957.005 Jack H Floyd
B2017.011.126
Alaska ’48 – Pilgrim River, warmth in the arctic drizzle [man and two women smoking cigarettes standing around camp fire, probably Binks and Hazel Siefert with Edie Cole]
Collection: B2017.011