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Future Location

The Museum will be next to the Tatitlek Corporation building in Midtown Anchorage, on vacant land owned by Chugach Alaska Corporation. 

Chugach Museum

The Chugach region includes the communities of Eyak (Cordova), Qutekcak (Seward), Suacit (Valdez), Paluwik (Port Graham), Caniqaq (Chenega), Nanwalek (English Bay), Taatiilaaq (Tatitlek), and Oyotu/Tuxtaq (Whitter).

The region includes more than 5,000 miles of coastline along the southern tip of the Kenai Peninsula, through the Kenai Fjords, Prince William Sound, and the Gulf of Alaska.

Our region does not have a shared repository or yearlong cultural space. Many of our precious artifacts – some dating back thousands of years – are sitting in storage. These items aren’t meant to be tucked away in hard-to-access locations or displayed thousands of miles away in out-of-state museums. They need to be accessible, studied, preserved for future generations of Alaskans.

The museum, a 9,000-square-foot facility, will be a tangible cornerstone of the Village in the City, a 4-acre development in Midtown, located off 36th and Old Seward Highway. It will serve as a “home away from home,” with participatory exhibitions, stories, and objects showcasing Chugach’s rich, generational history and traditions that continue to thrive today. 

The museum will include:

  • Family-friendly semi-permanent and traveling exhibitions to be developed and shared throughout the region and beyond, creating opportunities for a variety of audiences to connect with Chugach’s heritage, values, and build community.
  • A hands-on workshop/classroom space for teaching and learning about boat building, beading, harvesting, sewing, song and dance, and more, bringing cultural heritage to Anchorage, creating year-round culture camp experiences in the city. As well as art residencies, public programming, school groups, and eco-tourism opportunities.
  • The collections, archives, and repository will be the anchor for the Museum. With now more than 25,000+ archaeological and archival objects, the Chugach Museum will manage and care for these items through co-stewardship and access for the region.
  • Anchorage, the largest city in the state of Alaska, is a destination for tourists. The museum has an opportunity to strengthen the Alaska Native story and be an educational gateway for the Chugach people and region in Midtown through partnerships in the city.

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