Experts' Choice Award Alaska Native Heritage Center
What the experts agree on
More than a museum, this center immerses visitors in Alaska Native culture through live demonstrations, performances, and a lakeside trail linking traditional village exhibits representing the state's diverse indigenous groups.
“The Alaska Native Heritage Center is depicted by 10ha/25acres of poplar and birch forest, lined by a picturesque lake.”
– Michelin Guide
Fodor's "Step outside for a stroll around the adjacent lake, where seven village exhibits represent 11 Native cultural groups." Full review
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"This is much more than just a museum: it represents a knowledge bank of language, art and culture." Full review
Where "Walking trail connects six village sites representing Alaska’s cultural groups." Full review
Frommer's "You could spend the whole morning at the Anchorage Museum of History and Art and still come away bewildered by all of the different indigenous groups." Full review
Independent "Having been open for more than two decades, the Alaskan Native Heritage Center uses exhibits, artist demonstrations, movies and performances to illustrate the life of the Alaskan natives"
The Wall Street Journal "Spend the morning at the Alaska Native Heritage Center learning about the traditions of the state’s indigenous people"
CNN "Diverse native cultures and traditions are celebrated in Anchorage's Alaska Native Heritage Center. On the heritage center's wooded grounds, a series of dwellings around Lake Tiulana..."
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Lonely Planet "To best understand Anchorage's culture, start by learning about its first and longest-running inhabitants at the Alaska Native Heritage Center. Anchorage's first residents, the Dena'ina,..."
Lonely Planet "Learn about them all at the Alaska Native Heritage Center, where you can see Alaska Native dance and storytelling demonstrations, tour life-size traditional dwellings and browse authentic..."
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Lonely Planet "Rather than static exhibits, this cultural and educational institution celebrates the Alaska Native people who have inhabited these chilly northern reaches of America for millennia..."
