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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 There may be language and images that are culturally sensitive or include outdated language that does not reflect the mission and goals of our institution today.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.31.23
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2017.029.2987
[men drumming in front of paintings, Anchorage Museum; print date Feb 81]
Collection: B2017.029
B2022.001.105
From left to right, Barry Evans, Governor Frank Murkowski, Mayfield Evans at Governor’s Annual Picnic
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Family, Barry Evans, Son, Father, Frank H. Murkowski, Frank Murkowski, Governor Frank Murkowski, Governor Murkowski, Governor, Politician, Governor's Annual Picnic, Community, Event, Picnic, Gathering
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1995.014.6.6
Sam Applebaum, trader at Russian Mission. Behind him was the new Russian Mission church, constructed from the remains of the old church, which was torn down in 1941
Collection: B1995.014
B90.14.5.AncAir.16.9.5
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 16
B2016.005.3
{photo album of family and military service on Attu during World War II}
Collection: B2016.005
B1990.014.5.EQ.16.75
Miller-Dalton Co.
Keywords: helicopter, power lines, damaged buildings
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_16
B1990.014.2018.1.303.003
90-1; April 1943; Pan X; Nome [view of structure with snow, icicles]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2015.008.172
(92914)(225pm)(Push Moraine destroying forest on Heather Island)
Keywords: Glaciers, Tide water glacier, College Fiord, Prince William Sound
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.1976.1
(Chugach Power House, 1954)(8x10 print)[ copy negative of the Chugach Power House in wooden frame]
Keywords: industry, electric, construction, power plant
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.124.2
Willow Creek, 1946 [bird's eye view of man working at sluice box in pit at mining operation, Fairbanks Exploration Co.?]
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.1881.5
(Fur Rendezvous, clowns in snow) [two male clowns on Fourth Avenue in front of City Hall, one sitting on a dogsled, the other sitting in the snow, spectators and automobiles lining street, 1952?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2009.037.007
.7 – Love All Ways, Always Your Gal [studio portrait of woman with love message in bottom left corner]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B1995.014.56.12
[view across frozen water to buildings and pine trees on far shore, mountains in distance, unidentified location]
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.36.7
[scenic, Mt. McKinley rescue squad operation. original negative damaged]
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.358.3
Bill Dalms fishing at Montana Creek, May 5, 1940.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.477.12
Christensen Air Service, WACO on Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage [float plane NC2335 landing on mud flats]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.EQ.01.13.18
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ 1
B2015.008.1302.dk565crop
565 [two climbers crossing near large crevasse, man at left smoking pipe. Cf. .774]
[.775] – 566 [has print]
[.776] – 567 [has print]
[.777] – 568 [has print]
[.778] – 569 [has print]
[.779] – 594 [has print]
Keywords: climbing, climber, crevasse, mountaineering, glacier
Collection: B2015.008
B1998.014.1.684
F15 Ketchikan, Alaska, photo by Frank Morgan, "Unloading herring, 1949 postcard" [same as .681, copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.840.2
P-353. 8/7/36. Hewitt's (Buildings at Palmer, chicken coops) [buildings under construction]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection