Archives & Collections
Museum Archives
The Archives maintains a library of approximately 10,000 titles with the primary focus on history, ethnography and art of Alaska and the North. The reference collection includes art auction records, indexes and dictionaries. Historic maps of Alaska and historic building plans are also available. Circulation of library material is restricted to staff and volunteers, but, the general public is welcome to use the collection as a reference library or request books on inter-library loan. Most of the collection is accessible on OCLC and on-line with other Anchorage libraries at http://lexicon.ci.anchorage.ak.us.
Museum Collections
The Anchorage Museum's collections exist primarily as a means of fulfilling the Museum's mission to collect, preserve, exhibit, and interpret cultural materials which illustrate the art and history of Alaska and the circumpolar North. The Museum has important collections of Alaska Native artifacts, historical and contemporary artwork, and objects that illustrate Alaska's history. Non-northern collections exist to be used in the Museum's exhibit and education programs.