News

Collections Database Online

The Valdez Museum’s collection is indeed impressive for a museum of its size, consisting of approximately 75,000 objects, photographs, newspapers, manuscripts and other items. Thanks to a new service purchased by the Valdez Museum from Museum Software, you too can browse the museum’s collection from any computer or mobile device. Based on catalogued records in…

Building Committee

There is excitement in the air at the Valdez Museum & Historical Archive. Like all complex institutions today, museums require planning if they are to meet both the demands within their walls – the inherently growing collections – and the changing needs of their public, both actual and potential. That is why the Valdez Museum…

Advocacy Committee

We are excited to announce the formation of an Advocacy Committee at the Museum. Advocacy is about Relationship Building Engaging in advocacy is really something we do every day. Telling folks about our museum and making a case for support is what we do all the time. It does not matter what your political views…

Museum Van

The Museum would like to send out a special thanks to Rick Nichols for volunteering his time and skill to repaint the museum van with our new logo. We are so thrilled with it, and can’t wait for you all to see us driving it around town!

New Blog

The Valdez Museum has a new “Communities, Disaster, and Change” blog that serves as a place to host a global conversation about the indomitable nature of the human spirit and communities’ reactions to change, how they survive disaster and how they rebuild for the future. We hope this can be a tool for people like…