The Museum Is Closed Until Sept. 2
Missing the museum’s galleries, artworks and objects?
These links will take you to new places and remind you of the things you love.
Delve deeply by using this deck of twenty questions to ask about any museum object (great for kids ages 5 and older). Click on the photo to access the question deck.
Learn about this painting titled "Miowak" by Fred Machentanz (1908-2002), an artist known for his paintings and illustrations depicting Alaska landscapes and way of life.
American self-taught artist and watercolor painter Effie Sheldon Bornhoft (1895-1965) created over 8,000 paintings, choosing to sell none of them. The Anchorage Museum has a large number of her Alaska-themed works.
“We stand on the shoulders of the past. The artist’s job is to record the time in which we live.”
- Rebecca Lyon, Athabascan/Unangan artist.
A photograph of her great-grandmother, who was sold into slavery as a girl, inspired Athabascan/Unangan artist Rebecca Lyon to create art that explores themes around women’s rights.
Yupik/Inupiaq carver and sculptor Susie Silook speaks about her father’s influence and how she puts her own life experience in her work.
“In Yup’ik culture, the spiritual world and the world we live in, at the core of that is one being with many, many sides."
- Holly Mititquq Nordlum, Inupiaq artist
“Thousands of years of ancestors are between me and the beginning of the stories I tell…It’s really important to remember the pragmatism of our people. We do what needs to be done even when it’s hard.”
- Amber Webb, Yup'ik and Unangan visual artist
Video profile of Tlingit artist Edna Davis Jackson
A profile of artist George Ahgupuk and his work "Radio Babies"
A profile of artist Rockwell Kent
