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Summer Schedule Starts May 30th

Valdez, Alaska, May 10, 2021: The Valdez Museum & Historical Archive (VMHA) is looking forward to a busy summer, and our number one goal is to provide the community and visitors from around the world with a safe and engaging museum experience. Summer Hours at Valdez Museum on Egan: 10 am to 4 pm Tuesday…

Oil Spill Lab at the Valdez Museum

Valdez, Alaska, April 14, 2021 – Education Director Faith Revell recently collaborated with local teachers Ann Norris and Kim Keller to present a “hands-on” learning experience at the Valdez Museum for the first time in over a year. On April 6, 2021 the galleries and corridors once again buzzed with excited Gilson Middle School 6th…

Design Drawings on Display

Valdez, Alaska, April 8, 2021: The Valdez Museum & Historical Archive (VMHA) is moving forward with its New Museum Project and we continue to share this progress with the community. A Design Review Open House held on March 17, 2021 was well received, when more than 20 visitors came in to view a series of…

Traveling Exhibit on Alaska Women’s Suffrage

Valdez, AK, March 17, 2021 – The traveling exhibit Alaska’s Suffrage Star opened at the Valdez Museum on March 12 and will be on display through May 23, 2021. It shares the history of women’s suffrage in Alaska, explaining how local and national activism helped Alaska women citizens achieve the vote in 1913. That year,…

Design Review Open House

Valdez, Alaska, March 14, 2021: The Valdez Museum & Historical Archive (VMHA) continues moving forward with it New Museum Project and is excited to share this progress with the community. The first set of preliminary designs were shown to the VMHA Building Committee at its January 15, 2021 meeting, and later shared with the public….