Juneau Museums & Cultural Centers

Hours Fri­day: 11am-5pm Sat­ur­day: noon-4pm or by appoint­ment Admis­sion Free 

Locat­ed in the his­toric com­pres­sor build­ing asso­ci­at­ed with the for­mer Alas­ka Juneau Gold Min­ing Com­pa­ny which oper­at­ed in Juneau from 1912 until 1944. The muse­um fea­tures one of the world’s largest air com­pres­sors and oth­er indus­tri­al arti­facts asso­ci­at­ed with hard rock gold min­ing. The site also includes elec­tric loco­mo­tives and rail cars which hauled men to the mine and ore to the mill. Access to the muse­um is via a short hike up the hill…  ...more

New­ly ren­o­vat­ed in 2016. Estab­lished in 1900, the Muse­um col­lects, exhibits, and inter­prets the human and nat­ur­al his­to­ry of Alas­ka. The Muse­um fea­tures a full-size bald eagle nest­ing tree and exten­sive ethno­graph­ic exhibits on the cul­tures of Alaska’s Native peo­ple. Two gal­leries offer chang­ing exhibits.