Exhibits
Alutiiq Museum exhibit gallery, 2021.
Explore our gallery! Our exhibits tell the story of the Alutiiq people–from the distant past to the present day. Archaeological discoveries, Alutiiq language materials, photographs, objects, and artwork fill displays on history, subsistence practices, social life, and spirituality. In addition to sharing permanent exhibits, we host visiting and locally curated displays. To learn more about our exhibits please contact Exhibit Manager Alex Painter, 844-425-8844.
Note: The Alutiiq Museum is currently renovating its facilities and creating new exhibits. While we improve our public spaces, contact us about bringing the mobile museum to your event or visiting the Alutiiq Ancestors’ Memorial.
Museum staff members film a tour of the gallery.
Video Tour
DISPLAYS SHARED BY THE EXPERTS
Enjoy our exhibits through the eyes of two staff members. Dehrich Chya and Patrick Saltonstall show viewers around our gallery and share exhibits. Learn about the Alutiiq language, culture, and history, and see the museum’s displays from our experienced guides. Thirty minutes.
Produced with support from the Alaska State Museum, the Munartet project, and the EVOS Trustee Council through the CORaL Partnership
Wamwik
A PLACE TO PLAY
Our youngest visitors explore with their hands in our children’s corner. This replica of a traditional Alutiiq sod house transports children into the Alutiiq world with toys, puzzles, books, and animal puppets. This is a great place for smaller groups to sit and talk about their museum visit.
The Mobile Museum tent. Produced with support from EMCarts and Rasmuson Foundation.
Mobile Museum
BRING THE MUSEUM TO YOUR EVENT
Our pop-up displays feature touchable artifacts that teach about Alutiiq lifeways and technologies. The displays are portable and can be shared indoors or out with the help of a museum staff member. To schedule a mobile museum visit to your event, contact Leda Beuthin, 844-425-8844.
A patron enjoys a display of landscape paintings by Bruce Nelson, Linda Lyons, and Cheryl Lacy.
Exhibit Planning
NEW LOOK, MORE STORIES
The Alutiiq Museum is renovating and enlarging its exhibit gallery. Our visitors asked for more exhibits, more artifact displays, and more access to museum research. To envision an entirely new set of displays we worked with community advisors to choose themes, developed a floor plan, and created concept designs for the next set of Alutiiq heritage exhibits. Design, fabrication, and installation are the next steps. Watch for our grand reopening in the spring of 2025.
Kayla McDermott with a display of her beadded headdresses, purchased with the support of Rasmuson Foundation, the Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak, and the US Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Exhibiting at the Museum
PROPOSE A SHOW
We seek short-term exhibits that complement our mission. We host artists’ shows, produce displays on local culture and history, and bring traveling exhibits to Kodiak. If you are interested in sharing an exhibit with us or mounting a show, please contact Exhibits Manager Alex Painter, 844-425-8844.