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ANCHORAGE MUSEUMC U R A T I N G C O N V E R S A T I O N S
The Anchorage Museum
connects people, expands perspectives
and encourages global
dialogue about the North
and its distinct environment.
CONNECTING PEOPLE• More 200,000 visitors each year, including 16,000 school children
• Programs indoors and out, for families, young and young at heart
• Classes, workshops, free days, First Fridays, Polar Nights, Family Explore
EXPANDING PERSPECTIVES• More than 20 exhibitions a year
• Artist and museum interventions
• Smithsonian Spark!Lab
Did you know? The museum’s permanent collection holds more than 26,000 objects, 575,000 historical photographs, 14,000 publications and 800 maps
QUIZ 1
What birthday is Anchorage celebrating this year?
CELEBRATING ANCHORAGE CENTENNIAL• City Limits
• Home Field Advantage: Baseball in the Far North
• 100 Snapshots
• Museum installations
• Centennial programs
ARCTIC AMBITIONSCaptain Cook and the Northwest Passage
Name this artist
QUIZ 2
Coming this fall to the Anchorage Museum
ENCOURAGING DIALOGUE ABOUT THE NORTH• Exhibitions on Northern cultures and landscape
• Curated conversations about food security, representation and the
commodification of culture
• Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center
ARTISTS IN THE ARCTIC
A LOOK AHEAD• Up Here: The Arctic at the Center of the World |Summer 2016
• Unipkaaġusiksuġuvik (the place of the future/ancient) | Fall 2016
• Curated Conversations | Fall 2016
• Camouflage and Other Markings of Concealment and Disruption| Fall 2016
• New Alaska Gallery | Fall 2017
• East wing expansion | 2017
GET INVOLVED• Volunteer your time
• Participate in our programs
• Make a donation
• Become a member
anchoragemuseum.org | Share your story @anchoragemuseum