The Anchorage Museum's mission is to share and connect Alaska with the world through art, history and science.
Participating Organizations(Expedition):
- Alaska SeaLife Center
- Alaska Marine Stewardship Foundation
- Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center
- Blue Ocean Institute
- Ocean Conservancy
- Harker School
- Mountain and Sea Productions
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- National Geographic
- Smithsonian Institution
The Gyre project was generously funded by:
- Anchorage Museum Association
- Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnership
- Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation
- Giles W. and Elise G. Mead Foundation
- Leonard and Tannie Hyde
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- National Endowment for the Arts
- North American Marine Environment Protection Association
- Ocean Foundation
- Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
- Rasmuson Foundation
- Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
- Surdna Foundation
- Wells Fargo
- The William Randolph Hearst Foundation