The Alutiiq Museum's permanent exhibits tell the story of the Alutiiq people - from the distant past, through historic times, to the present day. Archaeological discoveries, oral histories, photographs, ethnographic objects and contemporary artwork fill displays on cultural history, villages, housing, subsistence practices, the cycle of life, women’s work, men’s work, and ceremonial culture. An interactive computer kiosk provides access to language activities. There is also a video viewing area.
Children at play in the Wamwik
Wamwik - A Place to Play
Children are invited to explore with their hands in the Alutiiq Museum's Wamwik - a place to play. This replica of a traditional house transports our youngest visitors into the Alutiiq world with dress up clothing, Alutiiq-themed toys, puzzles, and plush animal puppets. Developed with generous assistance from the Alaska State Museum Grant in Aid program.
Interior Kodiak Island
NOW SHOWING
Inland Journeys - Subsistence from the Land
December 4, 2009 - December 2010
When winter storms churn the North Pacific Ocean, Alutiiqs pull their boats to shore and look to the land for supplies. Learn how families harvest resources in the cold season. From deer and elk to bears, ptarmigan, fox, reindeer, ducks, and even fish and plant foods - Kodiak's meadows and hills offer fresh winter foods for those who know how to find them. Produce by the Alutiiq Museum.
For exhibit information please contact Exhibit Coordinator
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TRAVELING SHOWS
Finding our Balance
Available
What do the Alutiiq, the Anishnabae M’Chigeeng, the Muscogee Creek, Paiute-Shoshone, Pyramid Lake Paiute, the Rosebud Sioux, the Seminole, and the Tohono O’odham have in common? A great deal. In 2006, members of these tribes worked together to create a traveling exhibit that highlights shared experiences under the direction of the National Museum of the American Indian. A short movie tells the story of the project.
This three panel traveling show is now available for loan. To show this display in your lobby, rotunda, or public space, please contact Exhibit Coordinator
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907-486-7004, x25. There is no fee to borrow this show.
EXHIBITING AT THE ALUTIIQ MUSEUM
The Alutiiq Museum seeks short term exhibits that compliment our mission. We host artist's exhibitions, produce shows on local culture and history, and bring traveling exhibits to Kodiak. If you are interested in sharing an exhibit with the museum or mounting your own show, please contact Exhibit Coordinator
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Young visitors try out the wamwik - a place to play
Who are the Alutiiq
people? This is perhaps the most common question asked by visitors to the
Alutiiq Museum. To help answer this question, and to guide people through
displays more smoothly, the Alutiiq Museum is redesigning its entrance with
grant support from the Alaska State Museum.
“The museum completed an extensive visitor survey about 18 months ago”, said
Exhibits Coordinator Jill Lipka. “In addition to the information that
visitors commonly request, we learned that people were having trouble entering
the museum. In addition to not knowing about Alutiiq people, they didn’t know
how to get into the museum, or where to go once they were in the gallery.
As a result, some visitors didn’t feel welcomed.”
To address this problem, the museum is updating its look. New signs, a
welcoming photomural, orienting maps, information on the Alutiiq language, and
a handout with a gallery plan will help visitors enter the museum and the
Alutiiq world.
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