Alaska Museum of Science and Nature

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Alaska Museum of Science and Nature
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Alaska Museum of Science and Nature (Alaska)
Established1994
Location201 N Bragaw St, Anchorage, AK 99508
Coordinates 61°13′30″N149°48′28″W / 61.2251°N 149.8078°W / 61.2251; -149.8078
Type Natural history museum
PresidentDr. Kristine Crossen [1]
Website alaskamuseum.org

The Alaska Museum of Science and Nature (AKSCI) is a natural history museum in Anchorage, Alaska. It is known for its collection of fossils.

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History

The museum initially opened in 1994, in a shopping mall in the Eagle River community of Anchorage. [1] By 2015, it had moved to its own building in the Mountain View neighborhood. [2]

Exhibits

The museum has six main exhibits: Dinosaurs of Darkness, Alaska Marine Life, Birds of a Feather, Bare Bones, Ice Age Alaska, and Rocks & Minerals. The Dinosaurs exhibit contains skeletons and reproductions of dinosaurs such as Hadrosaurs , Ceratopsians , Albertosaurus , and raptors. The Marine Life exhibit shows off whalebones and skulls and a full skeleton of a beluga whale. [3] The birds exhibit contains a rookery with a variety of bird species, and the bones exhibit contains replicas of human bones and compares them to animal ones. The Ice Age exhibit displays models of animals from the Pleistocene, such as American lions and saber-toothed tigers. The rocks exhibit shows off fluorescent and multi-colored minerals, meteorites, and fossils from the prehistoric forest in Sutton. [1] [4]

The museum contains several life-sized dinosaur paintings by local artist James Haven. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Official website". Archived from the original on February 9, 2025. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  2. ↑ Stugelmayer, Jessica (November 21, 2015). "The Alaska Museum of Science and Nature". The Anchorage Press. Retrieved July 12, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Beluga Bones". Anchorage Press . February 7, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  4. ↑ Stugelmayer, Jessica (November 21, 2015). "The Alaska Museum of Science and Nature". Anchorage Press . Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  5. ↑ Sowl, Eric (March 31, 2023). "Anchorage artist closes chapter on dinosaur paintings with 'Return of the King'". Alaska's News Source . Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2025.
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