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

  • Start
    Fri, December 05, 2025
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    4:30 PM
  • End
    Mon, March 16, 2026
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    4:30 PM
  • Location
    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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• Sketching in the Museum 1st and 3rd Saturdays through April

  • Start
    Sat, January 03, 2026
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    1:30 PM
  • End
    Sat, April 18, 2026
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    3:30 PM
  • Location
    Alaska State Museum

  

  
  There will also be sketching sessions March 21, April 4, andApril 18

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• Friday Organ Concerts in the Atrium at the State Office Building

  • Start
    Fri, January 23, 2026
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    12:00 PM
  • End
    Fri, June 05, 2026
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    1:00 PM
  • Location
    Alaska State Office Building

  
  Kimball Theatre Organ concerts are held  on  Fridays on the eighth floor of the State Office Building  at 12:00 noon  with the help of organists J Allan MacKinnon , TJ Duffy and Laurie Clough.    Bring your lunch and enjoy the diversity of music these organists select.
  
  2/27 Laurie Clough

  March 7 - Jonas Nordwall
  March 14 - Allan MacKinnon
  March 21 - Allan MacKinnon
  March 28 - Laurie Clough
  Bring a lunch and enjoy the music.

  Though housed in the state office building, the organ is the property of the Alaska State Museum and supported by the  Friends of the Alaska State Library, Archives and Museum. You can help support this amazing piece of Alaska's history. Donate today.

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• embrace.refect.release

  • Start
    Sat, February 07, 2026
  • End
    Sat, April 04, 2026

  

  embrace. reflect. release.is an exhibit by mixed media sculptor and performance artist Myesha Callahan Freet.Callahan Freet's inspiration and focus draw from an ongoing exploration into the evolution of self through examining her roles in relationships. Dedicated to a search for meaning and connection in the mundane, she aims to embrace life’s expansion and to reflect on what it means to be and release what no longer is. “I aim to embrace the commitment that caring for others requires." 
  

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• The Spirit of Independence

  • Start
    Tue, February 24, 2026
  • End
    Thu, December 31, 2026
  • Location
    Alaska State Museum

  

  The Spirit of Independence: Kent Bicentennial Portfolio  is part of the 1976 U.S. Bicentennial celebration, features work from 12 artists who were asked to create pieces that answered one question: "What does independence mean to you?" 

  With this question, and freedom to interpret its meaning, the selected artists present twelve very different perspectives on independence, from the historical to the highly personal, from the theoretical to the symbolic. Artists in the portfolio include Alex Katz, Audrey Flack, Colleen Browning, Edward Ruscha, Fritz Scholder, Jacob Lawrence, Joseph Hirsch, Larry Rivers, Marisol Escobar, Red Grooms, Robert Indiana, and Will Barnet. The Kent Bicentennial Portfolio was printed in an edition of 125 and given to museums across the United States—including the Alaska State Museum.

  
  

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• Con Brio Presents 'Art Songs' March 14th, 2026

  • When
    Sat, March 14, 2026
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    2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Alaska State Museum

  
  

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• Youth Activity - Story Workshop

  • When
    Sat, March 21, 2026
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    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Alaska State Museum

  This workshop is open to all ages, focusing on grades K-6. Participants in grades 4-6 can attend without an adult present. Space is limited. 
  
  Registration is required. Register

  

  Join the Children’s Exploration Center and Kylie Ferguson from Perseverance Theatre for the Story Cubes–Storytelling Workshop. Create stories by making your own story cubes and performing together! 

  Kylie Ferguson (she/her) is a teaching artist, director, and storyteller with a background in improvisation, physical theatre, and youth education. She holds a BA in Directing with a minor in Political Science from The Sargent Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University and has trained with the internationally renowned physical theatre company Frantic Assembly. 

  
  

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