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Alaska Native Heritage Center Admission Ticket
4.6
25 Ratings
Anchorage
Explore 10,000 years of Alaska Native history through art, dance, and interactive exhibits at the Alaska Native Heritage Center.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Alaska Native Heritage Center - During your visit you will experience Alaska Native dancing, compelling Native Games demonstrations and Village Site tours. You will stroll through six authentic life-sized Native dwellings situated in a wooden area around beautiful Lake Tiulana. One of our Culture Bearers will introduce you to the traditional lifeways of the Inupiaq, St. Lawrence Island Yupik, Athabascan, Eyak, Haida, Tsimshian, Tlingit, Unangax, Alutiiq/Sugpiaq, Yupik, and Cup’ik peoples. - Ch’k’iqadi Gallery - Our re-imagined gift shop focuses exclusively on the sales of authentic Alaska Native arts. Ch’k’iqadi is a Dena’ina Athabascan word meaning “things we buy” and at the Gallery, you have the opportunity to buy art, jewelry and more from talented Alaska Native artists representing all regions and cultures of Alaska. We work to build a strong and sustainable place for our artists to sell their work for years to come. Your purchase directly supports our arts, cultures, and the Alaska Native artist community.
What's Included
- Parking fees
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Gratuities
Additional Information
The Alaska Native Heritage Center offers a unique experience for you to learn and explore the traditional and contemporary ways of Alaska’s Indigenous cultures. More than a museum, the Center is a place to engage and interact–to ask questions and discover.
Our living cultures continue to flourish in a changing world, and although our world changes, our values and traditions remain. Your visit today will take you on a journey through 10,000 years of Alaska Native history and culture through art, dance, Native Games demonstrations, exhibits, traditional Native dwellings, films and more.
Location
Alaska Native Heritage Center
8800 Heritage Center Dr,
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(25 Ratings)
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V2302zamd
Jul 3, 2024
Great experience - An amazing experience, beautiful building and extra friendly staff. Highly recommenced to anyone who comes to visit!
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Explore22807858447
Jul 3, 2024
Favorite Spot in Anchorage - The tour was amazing. Informative, interesting, and the guides were excellent! We could have spent the whole day here.
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X265uvkarlam
Jul 2, 2024
Amazing! - Amazing experience! I LOVE this museum! I love the performances, artisans, exhibits, and outdoor learning! Everyone was so sweet and helpful!
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Lauraea2499rq
Jun 28, 2024
Real Cultural Experience - What a special place! More than a museum, ANHC provides a way for visitors to learn about native culture with live dance
and drum performances. The young staff brought an energy to their performance and were available to take questions. Outside the building were very well done examples of different types of native housing by region.
This interactive experience with the staff made the visit more than just going to a museum.
My only wish was that the gift shop contains more Native Alaskan arts and crafts for
purchase - like baskets, birch containers and textiles. Many of the objects were “native inspired” and made in China. This was very disappointing.
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Kraigmelville
Jun 17, 2024
Dive Into Indigenous Culture - A must-see when travelling to Anchorage. Beautiful campus. Nice museum-lite with live demonstrations. The day we were there young indigenous people were doing a sports display (I got to watch a young man kick a ball suspended 10 feet in the air) and native dance. We then went outside and walked counter-clockwise around the lake, visiting mini-villages that recreated traditional life. Guides were excellent.
There is also a nice little cafe with GREAT coffee.
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103annee
Jul 3, 2024
Good place to learn about Native Alaskan Heritage. - This was a good experiential way to learn about the native people of Alaska. Agree with other comments that the main building exhibits were somewhat lacking, but the tour was very interesting. We were led by an amazing young teenager Shyann, who did a super job sharing about the heritage of the native Alaskans. She also participated in the native dance.
A very cool element is the number of natives that are involved in demonstrations and guest relations, especially many young people who are learning about their culture. Recommend it if you have some time while in Anchorage.
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Pramoda_m
Jun 20, 2024
Educational and research type - This is more educational and research type, but marketed as entertainment. Out of the way. We went by Uber but could not get Uber to get back. They have shuttle bus, we waited for an hour and told 3-4 people that we will be waiting. We went to the shuttle pick up place 5 minutes before departure time and were told that it had left. We had to get a taxi to get back to town.
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