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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 There may be language and images that are culturally sensitive or include outdated language that does not reflect the mission and goals of our institution today.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.
B1990.014.5.AkNative.29.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.AKNative.41.31
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.TV.168.12.2.5
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1985.027.1589
Dinah Franson, Point Hope. [stamp] Wien Air Alaska. Photo by Frank Whaley, Fairbanks, Alaska
Collection: B1985.027 Wien Collection
B1989.016.783.2
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage. [McGee Airways airplane NC211W draped with furs, with two men]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2000.012.008
1st prize decorated bicycles a butterfly 17 bikes in parade Ellen Anchorage 4th of July 1923 Jeanne was 13 mo. old
Collection: B2000.012
B2014.023.278
(paintings, mckinley horizontal, wave and more)[photograph of painting]
Keywords: landscape, painting
Collection: B2014.023
B1989.016.NicholsonElmer.1
(Nicholson Elmer Passport Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B2017.011.95
Alaska ’47 – Marnie on bank of Lower Tal [Marnie Branham carrying rod while walking along riverbank]
Collection: B2017.011
B1990.014.5.AKNative.19.60.6
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.AKNative.42.5
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.AKNative.20.9
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2015.012.205
1955 Fur Rendezvous [two Alaska Native women wearing fur parkas standing outdoors. b&w negative]
Keywords: clothing
Collection: B2015.012
B1990.014.5.People.14.244
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B1998.014.1.714
F28 Anchorage, Alaska "Ed Holm" [copy neg, same as .713]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.McCordRM.1
(McCord RM Passport Photos 1942)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1998.014.1.1502
S72 Scouting party looking over an Aleutian island [service men at rocky summit, binoculars, rifles; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2006.023.2351
Vi and Joe Redington in red hats. Anchorage Fourth Avenue. From Bill Devine.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1990.014.5.AKNative.40.72.11
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1963.016.001
(Sydney Laurence Anchorage Hotel){Sydney posing infront of several paintings with paints and easel}
Keywords: artist, painting, Sydney Laurence
Collection: B1963.016 Marie Silverman
B1989.016.1882.1
Fire Dept., Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo [two fire trucks parked outside firehouse, with 515 Club visible on Fourth Avenue in background, 1950 license plate on truck]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B90.14.5.ANC.6.3
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_14_5_ANC.6
B1990.014.5.EQ.21.1.19
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_21
B1989.016.554
A-29. Gov. R.R. Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [Alaska Railroad, tracks, lake, mountain. Neg deteriorated]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection