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Alaskan Legacy of Juneteenth

Juneteenth, the day enslaved African Americans in Texas finally learned of their emancipation in 1865, reminds us of America’s perpetual quest toward freedom and the life of Melvin Dempsey, whose remarkable journey brought him from bondage in the American South to a leadership role in the fledgling frontier town of Valdez, Alaska. From Slavery to…

Making History: Meet Celeste Addison

Imagine moving to a place to save people with your own version of the truth, only to have that place and its people save you instead. That’s what happened to trailblazing entrepreneur Celeste Addison when she traveled from Kentucky to Valdez, AK with her former husband as a missionary in 2019. She’d been raised as…

GRANT IN AID TO FUND NATIVE COLLECTION & GALLERY REVIVAL

Thanks to a generous grant from the State Museum of Alaska Grant-in-Aid fund and additional funds from the Museum’s Phyllis Irish Memorial Fund, we are collaborating with the Valdez Native Tribe and Chugachmiut, Inc. to contract with Alaska Native knowledge keepers and elders in and around Prince William Sound who may be able to identify…

Stacked Extension September 26 – January 10

Artistry of the Alaskan First Peoples – Now on Exhibit

ARTISTRY OF THE ALASKAN FIRST PEOPLES: ECHOES OF TLINGIT, EYAK, AND SUGPIAQ CULTURE IN SCULPTED HERITAGE Artistry of the Alaskan First Peoples: Echoes of Tlingit, Eyak, and Sugpiaq Culture in Sculpted Heritage will highlight the Alaska Native artist Kaax̱ Tséen (Tlingit) and include elegant models of birch bark, moose skin, and other types of yaakw (canoes)….