Tours
Complimentary, Guided Tours Offered Daily at 1 p.m.
Resuming May 1, 2024. Docent's choice of the galleries or exhibitions listed below:
ART OF THE NORTH
See the North through the work of artists, from Romantic landscape paintings of the 20th century, to contemporary works, including works by Indigenous artists.
LIVING OUR CULTURES, SHARING OUR HERITAGE: THE FIRST PEOPLES OF ALASKA
In the largest and longest loan made by the Smithsonian Institution, the Living Our Cultures exhibition has brought more than 600 Alaska Native cultural heritage pieces to their homelands and provides access for hands-on study by Alaska Native Elders, artists, educators and scholars.
The Alaska Exhibition
This exhibition tells the story of Alaska through multiple voices and perspectives reflecting the ingenuity, technology, ways of knowing and intimate understanding of the landscape that have allowed people to survive and thrive across the North.
Private Tours
Make your group's visit one to remember with a private, docent-led tour through the museum’s galleries. Tours need to be scheduled two weeks in advance. Cost is $200 per docent for up to 20 people per tour. E-mail groupsales@anchoragemuseum.org to schedule or for more information.
*Both guided and private tours are subject to availability.
Upcoming Tours
Docent-led Gallery Talk: Tsimshian and Haida Clothing and Ornamentation
6:30 & 7 p.m. Friday, April 5 — In-Person
Join us in the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center for a docent gallery hosting on Tsimshian and Haida clothing and ornamentation. The Tsimshian and Haida peoples’...
Docent-led Gallery Talk: Russia, America, and Alaska
6:30, 7 & 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 5 — In-Person
Join us for a discussion on Alaska during the Russian America period and its lasting impact on the state. Examine why Russians and others came...
Docent-led Gallery Talk: US Military Aviation Expeditions to Alaska in the 1920s and 1930s
6:30, 7 & 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 5 — In-Person
The early 20th-century deployments of US military aviation to Alaska were exercises in endurance flying, diplomacy, training and public relations for the US Army Air...
Docent-led Gallery Talk: Guided Meditation in How to Survive
6:30, 7 & 7:30 p.m. April 5 — In-Person
Join us for 15-minute guided meditations reflecting on themes of time, relationships, and wisdom. Each session will take place in Ellie Schmidt’s immersive installation, The...
Docent-led Gallery Talk: Henry Wood Elliot
7:30 p.m. Friday, April 5 — In-Person
Join us for a discussion of The Fur Seal Millions by Henry Wood Elliot. In 1872, Elliott became the U.S. Treasury agent supervising the Alaska...