ALASKA STATE MUSEUM

This beautiful Alaska museum is also known as APK, named after Father Andrew P. Kashevaroff, a Russian Orthodox priest who was also the first curator of the Alaska State Museum. It closed for two years to reopen completely transformed in 2016. Like the one in Anchorage, its all-glass building contrasts with its surroundings, its exhibit is interactive, exciting; and its collection remarkably well displayed with modernity. It is well worth a visit of an hour or two depending on your curiosity about the history of the region. Its collection will give you a glimpse into the culture of the native peoples of the Pacific Northwest (Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian), the Inupiaq of the North Coast, the Athabascan cultures of the Alaskan Interior, the Yup'ik of the Southwest, the Alutiiq people of Prince William Sound and Kodiak Island. It retraces very well their way of life, their cultures and beliefs with a lot of videos. There is a beautiful collection of old photographs from the time of the first inhabitants of the region and the gold rush. The art objects and everyday life objects exposed date from the Russian colonial era of Alaska, then more didactic rooms summarize the history of this state, its politics, before exposing modern and contemporary regional artworks. Temporary exhibitions that change every season enrich the already fascinating permanent exhibition and it has the advantage of being open all year round.