Press Releases

Farewell to the F/V Perry

Farewell to the F/V Perry – For Now Valdez, Alaska, May 11, 2015 — She faced the elements since 1939, but the journey of the Valdez fishing vessel F/V Perry has finally come to an end – at least for now. Although the historic boat that stood in front of the Valdez Museum was dismantled…

1985 Valdez Police Robot Photograph

Recent Acquisition: Photograph of $16,000 Valdez Police Robot This robot was used for working with children. He has a TV camera in his head along with a monitor on his chest that plays VCR tape and eight track tapes. In this image Trin Delaney dances with EC-1 robot.    

A Moving Experience

  The Valdez Museum launches new exhibit to commemorate 50th anniversary of the Good Friday Earthquake     Valdez, Alaska – It’s been 50 years since the record-breaking Good Friday Earthquake shook Alaska, causing widespread devastation and claiming 128 lives. In Valdez, the magnitude 9.2 earthquake was so destructive that the town was forced to…

Museums Advocacy Day 2014

PATRICIA RELAY TO MAKE THE CASE FOR MUSEUMS ON CAPITOL HILL Local Museum Leader to Join Hundreds of Citizen-Lobbyists From Across the Country Feb. 24-25   Valdez, Alaska ─ Patricia Relay of the Valdez Museum & Historical Archive will travel to Washington, D.C. February 24-25 to exercise a right embodied in the First Amendment that…