Anchorage history events

Arctic Flight: A Century of Alaska Aviation

Alaska has a remarkable aviation history, from its early days of uncharted regions to its strategic role in World War II to today...

Pilot Party

See the view from the cockpit through informal conversation with local pilots in the “Arctic Flight: A Century of Aviation” exhibition...

Craig Mishler presents his new book, The Blind Man and the Loon” The Story of a Tale

In The Blind Man and the Loon: The Story of a Tale, folklorist Craig Mishler goes back to 1827, tracing the story’s emergence across Greenland and North America.....

Smithsonian Curator’s Tour

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

Wrangell Mountain Skyboys: Making History Above Alaska’s Copper Belt

This exhibition focuses on the daring cowboy pilots who established aviation in Alaska’s Wrangell-St. Elias mountain region, some of the highest and most rugged terrain in the country...