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Examples of Native arts and crafts at the Alaska Native Heritage Center.

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Examples of Native arts and crafts at the Alaska Native Heritage Center.

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Examples of Native arts and crafts at the Alaska Native Heritage Center.

Got culture? Dozens of museums feature art and Native creations.

List of museums in Alaska

Here is a city-by-city listing of museums in Alaska.

Anchorage history and culture

From the moment visitors arrive in Anchorage, they are surrounded by Alaska's cultural heritage. It doesn't require a visit to one of the community's excellent museums to get a taste.

Culture, industry and wildlife are Arctic Alaska's attractions

Native culture tours highlight the attractions of Northern Alaska.

Museums show what the Interior's all about

Fairbanks' most popular spot for discovering history and culture is the University of Alaska Museum.

Museums of the Inside Passage

Alaska celebrates variety of ideas about how we got here

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Befitting the nation's largest state, Alaska has dozens of museums spread from Ketchikan to Kotzebue and from Unalaska to Anchorage.

Some feature art; others celebrate Native culture; still others honor airplanes and trains.

Many museums are on cruise-line routes along the Inside Passage.

Starting from Anchorage, the museum fan can reach two dozen institutions within a half-day's drive.

Almost all the museums and cultural centers are free or charge a token entrance fee.