Location: Anchorage
Top Things to do in Anchorage
What to do and see in Anchorage, Alaska (AK): The Best History Museums
Set amid the coastal Chugach Mountains, Anchorage defies popular visions of polar ice caps and frozen tundra. It’s also warmer than you think (averaging 65 degrees in summer), making conditions ideal for sight-seeing or taking on uniquely Alaskan opportunities like arctic biking or touring the fjords of Prince William Sound. In the winter, you can ski, dogsled or do both simultaneously by "skijoring," which is cross-country skiing while being towed by a dog. Hey, it's no crazier a winter sport than the biathlon.
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1. Heritage Library and Museum
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 8 reviews
Home to numerous Alaskan paintings and cultural artifacts as well as a small library with Alaskan literature.
2. Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum
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4.5 based on 240 reviews
The Alaska Aviation Museum is located in the heart of Alaska aviation. It sits on the south shore of Lake Hood, the busiest seaplane base in the world, with more than 87,000 takeoffs and landings per year. A half-mile away is Ted Stevens International Airport, the air crossroads of the world. You can watch takeoffs and landings right from the museum. The museum presents one of the finest displays of Alaskan aviation history with many interactive displays, memorabilia, photographs, films and artifacts from personal collections of Alaska's pioneer aviators.
Reviewed By ransom007 - Anaheim, United States
The museum has free parking. You actually cross an aircraft taxiing area to get to the museum. It, frankly, does not look very impressive from the outside; but it is much more impressive once you get inside. There is an excellent history of flight in Alaska. There is a film about the Japanese invasion and occupation of some of the Aleutian Islands during World War II. There are several planes on exhibit inside the hangars that comprise the museum and several more outside. You can also walk across to the observation tower and watch and listen to the activity of the small plane airport. There is also a gift shop.
3. Wells Fargo Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 142 reviews
A collection of cultural anthropology objects, paintings, maps, rare books, Alaska gold rush era objects, early Alaska banking materials and contemporary art brought together by National Bank of Alaska. The collection of over 6000 pieces and 3500 books is remarkable in its continuing connection to Alaska's Native and Gold rush era families. Many of the walrus ivory carvings, baleen baskets and grass baskets represent generations of Alaska families. The library is an excellent resource on Alaska's long and rich multi-cultural, geographic and banking history for researchers, students, families and business. Admission is always free.
4. Alaska Heritage Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 11 reviews
