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

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