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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 There may be language and images that are culturally sensitive or include outdated language that does not reflect the mission and goals of our institution today.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.
B2017.029.1873
[village scene, woman standing on boardwalk at left, boardwalks between buildings in center, large warehouse building in background; print date Jun 90]
Collection: B2017.029
B2017.022.40
Eagle Library [log building with eagle-shaped book return in front; print date Aug 82]
Collection: B2017.022
B1990.014.5.EQ.01.1.18.2A
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ 1
B1998.014.1.1220
"O56 Alaskan Cache, Tok Road" (Cache / A trappers on Tok Rd; 1948) [copy neg; structure in meadow, ladder, likely sod on roof and upper walls]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.4.scn.5.ViewFromNorth.Oct80P7
[Denali, mountain, view from north side, braided river below; possibly taken from Polychrome]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4 / B1990_014_4_scn_5
B1990.014.5.EQ.20.161
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_20
B1990.014.5.AKNative.22.2.5B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1998.014.1.821
(L45 Along Alaska Highway; cabin & cache, Matanuska Rd; 1946 postcard) [winter scene, snow, trees, mountain in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.19.1.55
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 19
B1989.016.126.1
Sydney Laurence painting, moose horn cache.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2016.005.035
{photo album of family and military service on Attu during World War II}
Collection: B2016.005
B2006.023.5538
[Ice and gravel on the south fork of the Kuskokwim River. Cf. #3908]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington
B1989.016.1185
7. Tustemena Glacier. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [Tustumena Glacier]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.17.19.13B
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1995.014.61.15
[two soldiers using log ladder to cross crevasses, mountains in distance]
Keywords: military, mountaineering, hiking
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.1362
Fourth Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska [street scene looking west with pedestrians, automobiles, and businesses including KFQD, Logemann Building, Cheechako Tavern, Hewitt's Drug Store, Rexall Drugs. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.1078
[burial monument, John Caldwell Calhoun, 1782-1850]
Keywords: cemetary, John Caldwell
Collection: B2015.008
AEC.G608
AEC G608 P.S. Hunt Camp 83. A.E.C. RY. (Bird Point)
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / AEC
B1998.014.1.2040
T252 Seward Airport [airplanes, automobiles, hangars; mountains in distance]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.5.AKNative.8.10
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative