What: Anchorage Museum hosts a Silent Disco and Silent Book Club When: 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, June 24 Where: Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, 625 C St. Who: DJ Alex the Lion and DJ Juba, food trucks, open to the public The Anchorage Museum is celebrating the summer solstice with […]
Erneq – DayErneret taklliyut. – The days are getting long. Spring in the Kodiak Archipelago brings lengthening days and warmer temperatures. As the sun reaches farther above the horizon, warming ocean waters stimulate plankton blooms that attract fish, birds, and sea mammals back to coastal environments. This yearly increase in daylight was once greatly anticipated […]
Amaq – AmberAmat ineqsunartut. – Amber is pretty. Amber is the fossilized resin of ancient trees, particularly pine trees. This hard, yellowish-brown substance forms when a tree’s gummy oils oxidize. Contact with air solidifies the resin, creating hard lumps. Across the globe, people prize amber for its warm lustrous color as well as the prehistoric […]
Beginning May 31, 2016, the Alutiiq Museum will honor all active duty military and their family members with free summer admission. This is the seventh year the museum has extended this gesture of respect to America’s service men and women, as part of the program, Blue Star Museums, a national effort to support American troops. […]