Museums in Anchorage aren’t hard to come by, and each one is certainly unique in its own right. Located downtown, the Anchorage Museum is Alaska’s largest world-class venue for art, history and cultures of Alaska. Its 20,000-plus piece collection spans Native works as well as Alaska’s industrial, recreational and military history. The Anchorage Museum also features year-round public programs, art classes, live music, a museum shop and The Marx Bros. Café.

The Alaska Native Heritage Center, a few miles north of downtown, offers a rich and thrilling look into Alaska's eleven indigenous groups. Not just a museum, the Heritage Center provides workshops, demonstrations and guided tours to locals and visitors on past and present Native traditions. Its mission: “Sharing, perpetuating and preserving the unique Alaska Native cultures, languages, traditions and values through celebration and education."

Other museums of note include the Imaginarium, a hands-on science center and planetarium for children and families; the Oscar Anderson House Museum, highlighting early Anchorage history; and the Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum, which chronicles Alaska’s deep-rooted history in aviation.

Looking for more Anchorage museums? Checf out Anchorage.net’s page on all museums and cultural centers in Alaska.