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Welcome Katie MacKenzie – 2018 Summer Intern

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MUSEUM INTERNSHIP 2018 Valdez, Alaska May 24, 2018 – The Valdez Museum is proud to welcome its summer collections care intern, Katie MacKenzie, who will perform cataloguing and collection management for objects in the museum’s collection. In 2007, the Valdez Museum completed Revitalization, a project including the installation of a climate-controlled storage…

Valdez Museum Kicks Off Summer Season!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Summer Season Begins at the Valdez Museum Valdez, Alaska, May 15, 2018 – Museum visiting hours have expanded at the main Museum in the heart of downtown Valdez on Egan Drive and at the Valdez Museum on Hazelet. Both are now open from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. seven days a…

Come Meet The Artist: Opening Reception

Join us for the opening reception of our summer exhibit, “Painting at the End of the Ice Age”, featuring oil paintings by Cordova artist David Rosenthal. Come meet the artist! Refreshments will be served. This Friday, May 18, 2018 from 5:00 – 7:00 pm at the Valdez Museum on Egan

Welcome News! Marcia Lynn Joins the Museum Team

The Valdez Museum is proud to annouce and welcome Marcia Lynn to the team as our new Administrative Marketing Coordinator. She brings 27 years of public broadcasting experience to her job at the Museum after being a news host and reporter for NPR affiliated stations in Kodiak, Barrow, Bethel, Homer and most recently KCHU in Valdez….

Seed Media Pairs with the Valdez Museum to Digitalize Film Archives

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Seed Media Pairs with the Valdez Museum to Digitalize Film Archives Valdez, Alaska, May 7, 2018 – The Valdez Museum’s historical collections contain about 200 moving image items. They cover a variety of media formats that range from 8mm, 16mm and 35mm films, VHS and Beta max videotapes, to audio cassettes and…