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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 There may be language and images that are culturally sensitive or include outdated language that does not reflect the mission and goals of our institution today.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.
B1990.014.5.AKNative.19.4
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B2006.023.6435.jpg
Joe Redington Jr.
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 6000-6999
B1993.020.2445
(Campbell Creek Classic canoeists as seen from the Peanut Farm Bridge)
Collection: B1993.020 Rhodes
B2006.023.3869.jpg
Start Iditarod 1975 Anchorage to Nome AtlanticRichfieldCompany
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 3001-3999
B1983.091.S3327.4
Z.J. Loussac Library, Interior Views (6- -61) (4 negs.)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B2017.002.06
Me and snowmobile at BAR, 4-10-57 [man driving continuous track vehicle]
Collection: B2017.002
B1990.014.5.AKNative.43.70
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1990.014.5.Anc.Air.20.97.2
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 20
B1990.014.5.AKNative.38.41
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative
B1979.002.Album1.78a
Gas car, Mile 41. Eugene Underwood [single railroad car on track, three men working alongside, pile of barrels in foreground, mountains in distance, railroad exploration, circa 1914]
Keywords: transportation, Alaska Railroad
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC / Album 1
B1989.016.003.1
Last Frontier [log cabin and mountain in winter. Copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2000.014.804
(804)Harry and by Negoku Arthur Antoska Kokrines June 19 1917)
Collection: B2000.014 Malina
B90.14.5.AncAir.22.81.9
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 22
B90.14.5.ANC.Air.27.53
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / B90.14.5.ANC.Air.27
B1989.016.823.2
P-331. Hewitt's (Construction of Buildings, Palmer, 1936, folio 29) [large wood frame building under construction]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1962.001.1921
Shriners - Nome [People-Nome; 1909; Masonic Hall]
Keywords: Shriners, Fraternities, Nome, Masonic Lodge, Masonic Hall, Lodges, Masons
Collection: B1962.001 Crary-Henderson
B1983.091.C10172.12
(Oct 10 / 10 /1979)(Stack Steel Poly Creek)(conservator #081_06_02_00)
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Commercial
B2015.008.1139
42.1. Chamonix, France. 8.13.10, 10:45 A.M. Summit & Dent du Requin from shoulder
Collection: B2015.008
B1973.079.101
[12 plus soldiers lying in the prone position firing their rifles]
Keywords: army, soldiers, rifle, guns
Collection: B1973.079 Cron Collection
B90.14.5.AncAir.18.4.15
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.Anc.Air / Anchorage Air / Anchorage Air 18
B1981.164.7
[American Sailors, Russian Cossack, Alaska Native]
Collection: B1981.164 Cochran Collection
B1990.014.5.AKNative.35.89.29
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_AKNative