Permanent Exhibitions

People viewing displays in the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center

Alaska Exhibition

The story of Alaska told through multiple perspectives reveals the ingenuity, technology, and intimate understanding of the landscape that have allowed people to survive and thrive across the North.

Art of the North

The Art of the North galleries in the museum’s new wing present the museum’s art collection from the perspectives of American art and an international North.

Living Our Cultures, Sharing Our Heritage: The First Peoples of Alaska

Features more than 600 objects from the Smithsonian's collections that were selected and interpreted with help from Alaska Native advisers.

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