Alaska State Museum

open Tues - Sundays 9-4:30 & Mondays 1-4:30

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Visiting organist Jonas Nordwall will offer tomorrow’s noon concert at the SOB; tomorrow evening, join us for a presentation on the history (& future!) of the Kimball Theatre Organ, actually an object in the museum’s collection. (Nordwall is pictured here with J.Allan Mackinnon)

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The SLAM (State Libraries, Archives and Museums) will close at noon on Dec 24 & be closed on Dec 25 in observance of the holiday season. Come visit the Andrew P. Kashevaroff Building and the Sheldon Jackson Museum in Sitka during regular visitor hours on Dec 26. Happy Holidays!

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Sneak peak partial film screening of a new documentary by a young Alaska filmmaker from Homer, about the sinking of the Princess Sophia, on Friday, at 2, at the APK. Free.

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Indigenous People’s Day: FREE today 10-1 …
It’s the perfect (and last) day to see PROTECTION: ADAPTATION & RESISTANCE, Indigenous ways of knowing, featuring 45 Alaska Native artists who propose resilient new futures through works of new design, tattoo, regalia, and graphic arts.

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Off on Monday? TREAT YOURSELF … come hear Lou Logan talk about his journey to carving an Iñupiaq qayaq at the State Museum. He’s been carving in the galleries all summer. “The qayaq itself is now the teacher,” he says. FREE, at noon
📸image courtesy of Adriana Botelho Alvarez

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FREE: First Friday at the Alaska State Museum …. Tonight from 4:30–7
Come make a woven Chilkat tassel to keep (!) with artists Melina Meyer, Kwáashk’iḵwáan, and Shaawat Gé Rae Ann Mills and see their art on display in the exhibition currently on in the temporary gallery. FREE

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@exploreorg Slow and steady wins the race, Chunk! You got this!

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@Ukie_in_AK @dieworkwear Oh whoops, right there in the article… Anchorage. 😊

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@Ukie_in_AK @dieworkwear Whereabouts is this located? (Anchorage? Southeast?) Beautiful!

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Hard to believe this quiet, unassuming concrete plaza at the APK will become a bustling hive of activity this Friday during the FREE FAMILY FUN FAIR!
Friday, June 21, 10:30am-1:30pm
Families can drop by any time to enjoy lightly guided activities with APK staff & volunteers.

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Exhibit opening tonight 4:30-7
FREE

Artist Discussion 7pm
Artists Amber Webb, K’asheechtlaa Louise Brady, Lily Wooshkindein Da.áat Hope, Rico Lanaat’ Worl, & exhibit curator Asia Freeman.

Sunday, May 5
Exhibit walk thru 11 a.m.
with Amber Webb and K’asheechtlaa Louise Brady.

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Still a few places left in Sunday’s fish skin medicine pouch workshop, led by Yup’ik artist Amber Webb.
This special workshop is offered in association with the Juneau opening of the exhibition, Protection: Adaptation & Resistance.
To sign up: [phone]
#MMIWG
#MMIWG2S

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Less than a day away!!! Free!!!

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If you haven’t seen Cordova artist David Rosenthal’s solo show at the Alaska State Museum…
Good news: there’s still two and a half weeks left to see it. “Painting at the End of the Ice Age” closes Saturday, March 30.
📸”Ice and Reflections,” oil on linen

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New exhibit this Friday!

XX: Twenty Years of Alaskan Art featuring the work of contemporary Alaskan artists.

The Museum acquired these pieces over the last XX (20) years thru the generosity of the Rasmuson Foundation’s Alaska Art: current work by practicing Alaskan artists.

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Alaska Positive Opens this FRIDAY Dec 1, 4:30-7 = FREE
Here’s a preview of the Juror’s Choice award: “Field Jacket, by Matt Johnson. The exhibit was juried by documentary / fine art photographer Camille Seaman. It features 35 of the 202 entries submitted from across the state.

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Cordova Artist David Rosenthal’s “Painting at the End of the Ice Age” opens tonight with FREE admission 4:30-7. Lecture by Rosenthal at 6:30.
(Mendenhall Glacier ~1980;
Mendenhall Glacier 2023)

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@NEHchair @SHInstitute Thank you so much for visiting! We appreciated meeting you in person, and we really appreciate the NEH’s support for great projects across Alaska!

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This Indigenous Peoples Day, you have just one hour left to take in the spectacular summer exhibit, FREE: