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Museum Planning Stakeholder Meetings

On Thursday, July 23, the Board of Directors of the Valdez Museum and Historical Archive entered into a contract with the Portland, Oregon firm of Alchemy of Design to assist with the commencement of a Master Interpretive Plan. The Master Interpretive Plan (MIP) is the first step in the pre-planning process that will guide the…

Walking Tours

FREE guided and self-guided tours are offered this summer at Old Town. They follow a 1.7 mile easy to navigate route along Alaska Avenue and McKinley Streets with stops at 18 historic markers. One expanded tour with a hands-on activity is scheduled in July for a small fee. Check here for more information. Old Town…

Celebrating Valdez Artists

CVA: On the Edge Downloadable CVA Form: CVA2015 Entry Form Beginning this fall, the Valdez Museum’s brings back Celebrating Valdez Artists the museum’s biennale community art exhibition. This non-juried exhibit is open to artists of all backgrounds, working in all 2D and 3D media, showcasing the exciting variety of works produced by Valdez’s talented artists….

Play Ball

Anchorage Museum’s new exhibit, “Home Field Advantage: Baseball in the Far North”, a history of baseball in Alaska, features two objects on load from the Valdez Museum collection. They are a Pinzon Bar baseball team jersey and a wooden baseball bat. The unique baseball bat was carved by Joe Bourke in Copper Center for the 1898 4th of…

Drawing Upon the Collection is Back

$10 per Member $15 per Non-Member Drawing Upon the Collection, informally known as “DUC,” this signature museum program “mines the museum” to start and then stirs together a mix of artifact study with lessons on history, culture, language, science and more. Each session culminates with making art. This year’s topis will include Historic Portraits, Tsunamis…