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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 There may be language and images that are culturally sensitive or include outdated language that does not reflect the mission and goals of our institution today.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.24.61.12
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.AKNative.11.54.8
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1995.014.51.16
[view across airfield at military base to mountain in distance, barricades in foreground, Adak]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B2001.014.328
{Wonder Park Subdivision Properties and Residents}
Keywords: Wonder Park, subdivision, homes
Collection: B2001.014
B1989.016.1277
"The Bore." Hewitt's Photo Shop, 64 [bore tide on Turnagain Arm]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.659
Keywords: mountains, glaciers, Harvard Glacier, Prince William Sound, College Fjord
Collection: B2015.008
B1995.014.93.4
[surveyor at work, Quonset hut in background, Adak]
Keywords: military
Collection: B1995.014
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.19.1.50
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 19
B2006.023.8148
[Fishing boats Glacier Bear, Miss Unalakleet, Arctic Wolf, Big Kyak]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1989.016.2397
Alaska Malamute Team. Geo. L.Johnson [Sled dog team on Romig Hill]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
B1984.077.6.009
[railroad tracks, rail car, buildings in midground, mountain in background]
Collection: B1984.077
B1990.014.5.Scn.8.17.011b
Hubbard Glacier for N.G.S. no print; 6 October 1966; 23 July 1975 edited but many good left; Glacier; 128 [glacier face, possible caling in center]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_Scn
B1989.016.1198
Providence Hospital, Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's 128 [exterior, front, winter]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.407.1
Anchorage Grade and High School [under construction, with sign P.W.A. Federal Emergency Administration of Public Workds, School Building for Anchorage, Project No. Alaska...]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.1055b
Camp sports [man standing on back of horse near small lake, small tent in
background]
Keywords: mountains, Mt Rainer, horse
Collection: B2015.008
B1989.016.392.3
Pioneer Sheet Metal Works, Anchorage [street scene with Dutch Boy Paints]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.155.004
51-2 "Falls of Clyde" at sunset [detail of ship prow in harbor, likely near Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2006.023.2601.jpg
Musher Joe Redington Sr. [sled and team, sponsored by] Whitney-Fidalgo Seafoods, Inc.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 2001-3000
B1989.016.MackeyJohn.1
(Mackey John Passport Photos 1933)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1990.014.5.AKNative.40.69.8B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1989.016.1836
Juneau, Alaska, from Douglas. Hewitt's Photo [copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection