Alaska State Museum Description
The Alaska State Museum in Juneau features permanent exhibits on Alaska's Native peoples, Natural History, The American Period (of Alaska's history), Russian America and the Children's Room. Temporary exhibits are also featured throughout the year.

The first floor feature the ethnographic galleries where visitors can learn about the Aleut, Eskimo, Athabaskan and Northwest Coast peoples. The Aleut gallery has a notable collection of baskets woven from fine strips of beach grass. The Athabaskan display features an important collection of masks, arrows and snowshoes. The focus of the Eskimo gallery is a umiak (34 foot boat) along with hunting and fishing implements made of ivory, bone, wood and metal. The Northwest Coast Indians
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Hobbies & Activities category: Observe ethnic peoples, folk customs;  Paintings, art collections;  Historical museum;  Minerals, geology attraction, mining
Address
Alaska State Museum
395 Whittier Street
Juneau, AK 99801-1718
United States
Phone 1 (907) 465-4866
Fax 1 (907) 465-2976
Hours
May 14 to September 23
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Open8:308:308:308:308:308:308:30
Closed17:3017:3017:3017:3017:3017:3017:30
September 26 to May 14
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
OpenClosed10:0010:0010:0010:0010:00Closed
Closed16:0016:0016:0016:0016:00
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
Memorial Day - USA (Last Monday, May)
American Independance Day (July 4)
Labor Day - USA (1st Monday, September)
Thanksgiving - USA (4th Thursday, November)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Cost
Adult$5.00
Child 18 & underFREE
Tips
Winter admission is $3. Open the first Friday of every month, Oct.-April, from 4 until 6:30 pm - free admission.
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