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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.
Enter your search in the box above, or simply click on the search icon to see a random selection of images from the archives.
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 There may be language and images that are culturally sensitive or include outdated language that does not reflect the mission and goals of our institution today.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.
B2017.011.71
Alaska ’48 – Kulik Lake, Bud fishing Kulik stream [Bud Branham angling in river]
Collection: B2017.011
B2006.023.4303
1983 Iditarod Champion Rick Mackey [dog truck as parade float].
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1989.016.214.2B
May Day dance, 1940, Elk's Hall. [Anchorage]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.People.14.318
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.People / People / People 14
B2017.024.3406
June 1971 [spring breakup scene; men and woman on boardwalks in front of Savoonga Native Store; man carrying gasoline can]
Collection: B2017.024
B1990.014.2018.1.201.004
64-5 Fritzie & Bonnie [toddler sits on a grass lawn; holding toy gun; likely in Seattle area; March 1941]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1989.016.1198
Providence Hospital, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's 128 [exterior, front, winter]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1480
S50 Inspecting Elmendorf Field, Alaskan moose (two service men, one petting a young moose between structures, snow, possibly ice, tent in background; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.277.002
85-6; Bar in Officers' Club & Marcelino [bartender standing behind bar; Ketchikan; 1942]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1995.014.110.16
[two men, one working gold pan, Willow Creek mining operation]
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.2018.1.281.003
86-4 Mrs. Cloudy [portrait of Doris Cloudy; November 1942; Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B90.14.5.ARR.2.184
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.ARR / ARR 2
B1989.016.2270.4
(Road construction) [loading trucks with gravel]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1688
T54 Artic [sic, Arctic] beach at Kotebue, Alaska, photo by Frank Morgan (print) [beach scene, dogs curled near wood posts, Hill Bros Coffee cans, bundle of nets and buoys, boat, structures, canvas wall tents, stove pipes, people in parkas at left midground, steel barrels, drying racks possibly holding fish; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2006.023.8092
[Fishing boats Glacier Bear, Miss Unalakleet, Arctic Wolf, Big Kyak]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B2006.023.4268.jpg
Iditarod National Historic Trail marker.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 4000-5000