Sitka, Alaska
Historical Society
Make the Isabel Miller Museum, in the Centennial Building, your first stop, as Sitka's history unfolds here. Packed with displays, photographs and artifacts, the museum provides a perspective for almost everything one sees during a visit. One of the first things visitors notice is a scale model of Sitka circa 1867, the time of the transfer of Alaska from Russia to the U.S.
Sitka, Alaska
Anthropology, Culture, History, Historic House, Library
Dr. Sheldon Jackson, museum founder, had the distinction of serving in three pioneer fields during the late 1800s, founding Protestant missions and schools, establishing the public school system, and introducing domestic reindeer. In his travels he reached many sections of Alaska, as well as the coast of Siberia, gathering the majority of the artifacts now seen in the museum.
Sitka, Alaska
Park
The museum collection includes Tlingit ethnographic items, Tlingit and Haida totem poles, Russian American historical and archaeological collections, historical photographs, archives and herbarium specimens. The park's Visitor's Center features exhibits on Tlingit culture, and a slide program on the 1804 "Battle of Sitka.
Sitka, Alaska
History
We provide a program of demonstrations and interpretation of Northwest Coast art in three studios- wood, metals and regalia- from May through September. During the winter we sponsor a series of classes in N.W. Coast art. We have displays of art for viewing year round. We also sponsor special projects, such as totem carving, canoe building and a protocol workshop.