Alaska's Sad D.C. National Mall Display Shows The Strengths Of Our Many Small-Town Local Museums
COPPER RIVER COUNTRY JOURNAL Volunteer-Run Museums & Visitor Centers Tell About the Real Alaska …Our Tales Of Resilience, Cooperation...
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COPPER RIVER COUNTRY JOURNAL
Volunteer-Run Museums & Visitor Centers Tell About the Real Alaska
…Our Tales Of Resilience, Cooperation & Survival
The AI-generated display booth on behalf of the state of Alaska currently being shown at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. during the celebration of America's 250-year anniversary has been repeatedly highlighted by multiple national news sources. And their commentary is not positive. Across Alaska, local communities are doing a far better job.
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| Alaska Exhibit At National State Fair In Washington, D.C., As Seen On Reddit |
The Real Deal About Alaska
Comes From Alaska's People
ALASKA'S SMALL MUSEUMS TELL THE TALE
OF HISTORY, CULTURE, & SURVIVAL THAT THE D.C.
PROJECT MISSES
Concept #1: Alaskans Are Inventive...
Kasilof Museum
Outdoor display of an actual
cannery cabin - covered in flattened fish cans to protect it from the weather.
Concept #3: Alaska Is Culturally Rich
Fairbanks' Morris Thompson Cultural Center
Alaska Native Heritage Center
Young Native dancers and musicians,
showing cultural dancing going back thousands of years.
Concept #4: Alaska's Roadhouses Were Safe Havens
Sullivan Roadhouse in Delta Jct.
A sign that was once hammered on a tree along the trail headed to Fairbanks from Valdez.
Concept #5: Alaskans Are Playful
Talkeetna Museum
A local artist, Jim Gleason of Talkeetna made this crowded scene for the Talkeetna Museum of all the people in his town.
Concept #6: Alaskans Are Proud Of Our Kids
Cooper Landing Museum
An extensive chronicle of how Cooper Landing students worked on a major project in which they prepared a bear skeleton — for display at their small museum.
Concept #7: Winter Travel Was Never Easy In Alaska
Wasilla Museum Of Alaska
Early snow machines, on display at various
small museums around the state, were not easy to use.
small museums around the state, were not easy to use.
Concept #8: Before Alaska Was Part Of The U.S. it Was Already A Vast & Varied Exciting Land Full Of People & Wildlife
Museum of Science & Nature in Anchorage
This is an ancient land. The ancestors of people who live here now once battled saber tooth tigers.
Concept #9: Alaska Is Far Away
Hope Museum
The U.S. Mail is still Alaska's lifeline. This is the old Hope post office.
The U.S. Mail is still Alaska's lifeline. This is the old Hope post office.
Concept #10: The Gold Rush Left Behind Lots Of Stuff
Colony House Museum in Palmer
Pioneer Museum in Fairbanks
Copper Center Museum
In 1898 and later, miners brought tons of Sears Roebuck & Montgomery Ward items north. They dragged their goods and gear in sleds. They brought them on boats. And they left it all behind to be collected up in communities across Alaska, and placed in local museums.
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The Real Deal About Alaska...
Alaska's People, Its
Volunteers & Citizen Historians
MEET LOCAL HISTORIANS FROM
Wickersham House Museum in Fairbanks
Palmer Museum
Palmer Museum
Sullivan Roadhouse Museum in Delta Junction
Talkeetna Museum
Talkeetna Museum
Copper Center Museum
A love of history and respect for community and daily life.
That is what makes America great.
A love of history and respect for community and daily life.
That is what makes America great.
