Anchorage ethnic cultural events

Smithsonian Spotlight: Making Comics

Artist Dimi Macheras (Ahtna Athabascan) is best known for comics that meld Alaska Native storytelling with action-packed modern visuals...

Sunday Fun Day: Cultural Heritage

Celebrate your family’s ancestry with cultural activities at the museum. Create a flag representing your heritage, design a coat of arms for your family and swap favorite family recipes.

Syttende Mai Parade/Celebration

Join in Norway's Constitution Day. Meet under flag pole at I Street between 9th and 10th avenues. Wear Norwegian sweaters and red and blue ribbons as the group walks around the block. Free...

Smithsonian Curator’s Tour

Join Smithsonian anthropologist Aron Crowell for a curator’s tour of the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center...

Re/Marks

Alaska Native artists present traditional stories and aesthetics in innovative, contemporary ways in this new exhibition curated from the Anchorage Museum collection...

Dena'inaq' Huch'ulyeshi: The Dena'ina Way of Living

Half of Alaska’s residents live in traditional Dena’ina territory, but there is little awareness of the indigenous people who have called the Cook Inlet region home for 1,000 years...