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Alaska Heritage Museum at Wells Fargo, Anchorage, Alaska

The Alaska Heritage Museum celebrates the diverse cultural heritage of the many indigenous peoples of Alaska. Displaying a large collection of Alaskan Native artifacts and fine art by Alaskan artists, this is the largest private collection of its kind in Alaska.

Exhibits include:

  • More than 900 Native artifacts and ivory carvings
  • Over 80 hand woven Alaska Native baskets
  • Many examples of traditional clothing
  • A Bering Sea kayak covered in traditional seal skin
  • Paintings by Alaskan artists Sydney Laurence,
         Fred Machetanz, Eustace Ziegler and others
  • A large collection of historic Alaskan business tokens

The collection also highlights Wells Fargo’s history in the Alaskan Gold Rush era with a 2/3 scale stagecoach.

301 West Northern Lights
Anchorage, AK 99503
(907) 265-2834
M-F 12-4
Free Admission
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