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Exhibits and Events

  • Sketching in the Museum 1st and 3rd Saturdays through April

    • Sat, November 01, 2025
    • 1:30 PM
    • Sat, December 20, 2025
    • 3:30 PM
    • Alaska State Museeum




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  • Continuing My Grandmother's Legacy exhibit Nov 7, 2025 to Jan 10.2026

    • Fri, November 07, 2025
    • 4:30 PM
    • Sat, January 10, 2026
    • Alaska State Museum


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  • Alaska Positive 2025 Lecture with Patrice Aphrodite Helmar

    • Tue, November 25, 2025
    • 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
    • Alaska State Museum

    Patrice Aphrodite Helmar will lecture in the auditorium of the Alaska State Museum at 5:30 pm on November 25th, 2025

    The Alaska State Museum is proud to announce Patrice Aphrodite Helmar ass guest juror for Alaska Positive 2025.

    Helmar is a photographer and artist engaged in the poetics of lived experience and everyday life. Their multidisciplinary work is concerned with issues of labor, class, queerness and the politics of representation. Helmar was born in Juneau and grew up working in their father’s small-town camera shop and darkroom. Their work has been shown at PARTICIPANT INC, the Jewish Museum, Ortega Y Gasset Projects,
    image: Boy with Wolf Puppy in East Texas by Patrice Aphrodite Helmar, 2023, Gelatin Silver Print


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  • Alaska Positive Exhibit Dec 5, 2025 to mid-March 2026

    • Fri, December 05, 2025
    • 4:30 PM
    • Alaska State Museum

    Alaska Positive 2025 will open on First Friday, December 5th, 2025 and run through mid-March 2026. 

    Since 1970, Alaska Positive has encouraged photography as an art form in Alaska. Now in its 55th year, this juried photography exhibition highlights the role of Alaskan photographers in today's visual culture. The Alaska State Museum is proud to announce Patrice Aphrodite Helmar as guest juror for Alaska Positive 2025.
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Past events

Sat, October 04, 2025 Youth Activity for grades 4 through 6
Fri, October 03, 2025 Moving Through the Boreal Forest
Fri, October 03, 2025 First Friday
Fri, September 05, 2025 First Friday
Fri, August 29, 2025 Free Friday Concerts in October and November noon to 1pm
Sat, August 09, 2025 Storis the Galloping Ghost of the Alaskan Coast
Sun, May 18, 2025 Storytelling - Registration is required
Fri, May 02, 2025 Boreal Forest Stories May 2nd through Oct 14th, 2025
Fri, April 25, 2025 Virtual Alaska Story Hour for Adults
Sat, April 05, 2025 Youth Activity
Fri, April 04, 2025 April First Friday
Sat, March 22, 2025 Youth Activity - Exploring Devil's Club
Fri, March 07, 2025 March First Friday
Fri, February 07, 2025 Slinkies and the Window Frame
Fri, January 03, 2025 January First Friday
Sat, December 21, 2024 Workshop: Winter Wonderland with The Children's Exploration Center
Fri, December 06, 2024 December Gallery Walk
Fri, December 06, 2024 Ree Nancarrow: Sharing the World I Know
Sat, November 02, 2024 Workshop: Salmon Skin with Joel Issak Łiq'a Yes
Fri, November 01, 2024 November First Friday
Fri, November 01, 2024 Joel Issak Łiq'a Yes: Honoring the Ordinary
Fri, October 25, 2024 Princess Sophia Film Preview and Discussion
Fri, October 04, 2024 October First Friday
Sat, September 14, 2024 Con Brio Presents William Todd Hunt and Doug Smith
Sat, August 31, 2024 Con Brio Presents Tour de Force
Fri, July 26, 2024 Free Friday Concerts
Fri, July 12, 2024 Virtual Alaska Story Hour for Adults
Fri, June 21, 2024 Family Fun Fair
Fri, June 07, 2024 Unlocking the Wisdom of an Ancient Canoe
Thu, June 06, 2024 Chilkat Dye Research Results
Sun, May 05, 2024 Exhibit Walk-Through and Workshop - Protection: Adaptation & Resistance
Fri, May 03, 2024 May First Friday
Fri, May 03, 2024 Protection: Adaptation & Resistance
Sat, April 27, 2024 Alaska Robotics Mini-Con
Thu, April 25, 2024 Workshop: Interactive Storytelling Experience with the Creators of Chickaloonies
Sun, April 14, 2024 Skin-On-Frame Qayak
Fri, April 05, 2024 April First Friday
Mon, April 01, 2024 ... Though the Earth Be Moved
Sat, March 30, 2024 ... Though the Earth Be Moved
Sat, March 09, 2024 Youth Activity: Chenille Stem Sled Dogs
Fri, March 01, 2024 Lecture with Ben Huff
Fri, March 01, 2024 March First Friday
Fri, March 01, 2024 Virtual Alaska Story Hour for Adults
Fri, March 01, 2024 XX: Twenty Years of Alaskan Art
Fri, February 09, 2024 Free Friday Concerts
Tue, February 06, 2024 Alaska's Heart Through Student Art
Fri, February 02, 2024 February First Friday
Fri, January 19, 2024 Artist Talk with Inupiaq Fashion Designer Bobby Brower
Fri, January 05, 2024 January First Friday
Fri, December 01, 2023 December Gallery Walk
Fri, December 01, 2023 Virtual Alaska Story Hour for Adults
Fri, December 01, 2023 Alaska Positive
Fri, November 17, 2023 Lecture with Camille Seaman
Sat, November 04, 2023 Youth Activity: Watercolor Landscapes
Fri, November 03, 2023 November First Friday
Fri, November 03, 2023 Painting at the End of the Ice Age
Sat, October 14, 2023 Friends Gala - October 14th
Fri, October 06, 2023 October First Friday
Sat, September 30, 2023 Con Brio Presents Violinist Franz Felkl In Recital
Sat, September 09, 2023 Youth Activity for Ages 12 - 18: Learn to Paint Gaming Miniatures
Fri, August 18, 2023 Free Friday Concerts
Tue, July 18, 2023 Where the Far North Meets the Southwest
Fri, June 30, 2023 Raktenga Elaine Kingeekuk Lecture
Fri, June 23, 2023 Family Fun Fair
Sat, June 10, 2023 Natural Dye Workshop for Youth
Sat, May 13, 2023 Alaska Robotics Minicon
Sat, May 06, 2023 Bear Gut Workshop with Dr. Sven Haakanson Jr.
Fri, May 05, 2023 May First Friday
Fri, April 28, 2023 Virtual Story Hour for Adults
Sat, April 15, 2023 Sinew Workshop and Lecture with Artist Coral Chernoff
Thu, April 06, 2023 April First Friday
Sat, March 18, 2023 Juneau Brass at APK
Sat, March 04, 2023 Free Youth Activity for Grades 6-12
Fri, March 03, 2023 March First Friday
Fri, March 03, 2023 Visceral: Verity Legacy Identity
Sat, February 11, 2023 Con Brio at APK!
Fri, February 03, 2023 February First Friday
Fri, February 03, 2023 Prayer Makers - Ecological Relics by Jannah Sexton Atkins
Fri, January 06, 2023 January First Friday
Sat, December 03, 2022 Youth Activity with Gail Priday
Fri, December 02, 2022 December Gallery Walk
Fri, December 02, 2022 Up Close and Under Foot by Gail Priday
Sat, November 19, 2022 Con Brio at APK!
Thu, November 17, 2022 Alaskan Newspapers and the Holocaust: History Unfolded
Thu, November 17, 2022 Americans and the Holocaust Research Sprint
Fri, November 04, 2022 November First Friday
Fri, November 04, 2022 Midnight at the Fireworks Stand by Alison Bremner Nax̲shag̲eit
Wed, November 02, 2022 Virtual Alaska Story Hour for Adults
Sat, October 08, 2022 Last Day for Mug Up!
Fri, October 07, 2022 October First Friday
Sat, September 24, 2022 Con Brio at APK!
Fri, September 02, 2022 September First Friday
Wed, June 29, 2022 Family Fair at APK
Wed, June 08, 2022 Weavers' Gathering!
Sat, June 04, 2022 Youth Activity for 2nd-6th Graders with See Stories
Fri, June 03, 2022 June First Friday
Tue, May 31, 2022 Teen Film Workshop with See Stories
Fri, May 27, 2022 Virtual Alaska Story Hour for Adults
Sat, May 07, 2022 Mug Up at Juneau Maritime Festival
Fri, May 06, 2022 Mug Up Lecture Series
Fri, May 06, 2022 May First Friday
Sat, April 23, 2022 Watercolor Maps with Rachelle Bonnett
Fri, April 01, 2022 April First Friday
Fri, April 01, 2022 Mug Up: The Language of Work
Fri, March 04, 2022 March First Friday
Sat, February 26, 2022 Sanctuary by Allie High
Sat, February 05, 2022 Chilkat Robe: Process and Weaving Artist Talk with Laine Rinehart (Tlingit)
Sat, January 29, 2022 Exhibit Walk Through with Ben Huff
Sat, January 22, 2022 Earring Making with Jessica Towns (Alutiiq/Sugpiaq)
Fri, January 21, 2022 Alaska State Library and Talking Book Center Present: Virtual Alaska Story Hour for Adults
Sat, November 20, 2021 Youth Activity with Ben Huff
Sat, October 02, 2021 SWAY Closing Events
Sat, June 19, 2021 Youth Activity for ages 8-18: Chilkat Tassels with Lily Hope
Sat, May 08, 2021 SWAY Lectures
Sat, May 08, 2021 About Spirit Wraps Around You
Fri, May 07, 2021 Virtual Dedication of The Spirit Wraps Around You: Northern Northwest Coast Native Textiles
Fri, December 04, 2020 Mitch Did This³
Fri, June 05, 2020 First Friday - June [online]
Sat, October 19, 2019 Mask-Erade
Fri, October 04, 2019 First Friday – October
Sun, September 22, 2019 An Evening with Ray Troll

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