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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 95,683 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 There may be language and images that are culturally sensitive or include outdated language that does not reflect the mission and goals of our institution today.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.
B2006.023.3415.jpg
Anne Gunkle, Roemer in lead.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 3001-3999
B1990.014.5.EQ.18.16.13
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_18
B2000.014.463-4
(463-4)(Marshal's Office (jail) etc. Tanaina April 9, 1915)
Collection: B2000.014 Malina
B1970.028.197
Satak comes home with part of a Walrus. A long day and hard work. Rough ice in the Strait and Big Diomede at the distance.
Collection: B1970.028 Eide
B1990.014.5.EQ.20.183.17
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.EQ / EQ_20
B1990.014.5.AKNative.27.59.3
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2014.016.2050
Bud Branham removing fly from rainbow [angler wearing hip boots standing in stream]
Keywords: fishing, clothing, recreation
Collection: B2014.016
B90.14.5.AncAir.21.125.1
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 21
B1989.016.912
P-527. 9/22/36. Hewitt's Photo [barn and other buildings on Matanuska Valley homestead with brush piles in clearing in foreground, mountains in distance]
Keywords: agriculture
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.624
51. Gateway to Mt. McKinley National Park. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [with automobile]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.S2018.23 and.24
(voting at Alaska Statehood Polls)(local district races, showing vote count)
Keywords: voting
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2023.009.180
Johnny [Irons] [man hunched over with pickaxe posing for camera]
Keywords: Alaska, Anchorage, Construction, Hardhat, Truck, Pickaxe, Johnny Irons
Collection: B2023.009 Johnny R. Irons Collection
B1989.016.1488
Suspension bridge, Alaska. G.L. Johnson, Anchorage, Aaa [bridge over river gorge, with dead tree snag in foreground, snowy mountains in distance]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.S4501.166
Anaktuvuk Pass trip [children eating Cracker Jacks]
Keywords: food
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B90.14.5.ANC.4.52
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc / B90_40_5_ANC_4
b1969.015.1.32
[Sailboat on gravel beach at low tide.] 2.5 x 4.25 nitrate negative
Collection: B1969.015 Fred Winter
B90.14.5.Logging.1.3.4
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Logging / Logging 1