Current Events

For more information on museum events, please This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , call our front desk at 486-7004, x21, visit our Facebook page, sign up for our email broadcast, or stop by the museum. 

 

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Working with Gut  & Sinew

Artist Demonstration

Saturdays in February, Noon - 2:00 pm
Visit with Coral Chernoff as she creates a traditional bear gut parka.  Salmon Skin Sewing Sal

For more information please contact Store Manager Marya Halvorsen, 907-486-7004.

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Chiton Cleaning Demonstration

Neq'rqat - Alutiiq Wild Foods Project
Friday, February 24th, Noon
Alutiiq Museum

Curious about Chitons? Join Alutiiq Elder Florence Pestrikoff to learn about cleaning and preparing these tasty intertidal creatures.  Samples will be available.  This program is free and open to the public thanks to a generous grant from the National Park Service, Tribal Historic Preservation Program.

For more information please contact Public Outreach Coordinator This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 486-7004.

Photo:  Florence Pestrikoff with a bowl of uriitat - chitons.

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Free Museum Admission in March

March 1 - March 30th, 2012
Tuesdays - Fridays, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm; Saturdays, Noon - 4:00 pm

Bring you family and friends to the Alutiiq Museum in March and receive FREE admission for everyone.  Enjoy exhibits, watch videos, play in the children's corner, make petroglyph rubbings, and browse our store. For more information please contact Public Outreach Coordinator This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 486-7004.


This gift to Kodiak generously provided by Era Alaska.

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Dentalium Shell Earring Workshop for Youth

Saturday March 10th, 2012
2:00 - 3:00 pm
Alutiiq Museum Rotunda

Create a pair of earrings with beads and dentalium shells.  Ages 7 and up welcome.  Free and open to the public.

For more information please contact Public Outreach Coordinator This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 486-7004.

This event is generously sponsored by Stringbeadz of Kodiak as a gift to the community! 


Dentalium Shell Earrings by LaRita Laktonen
Purchased for the Alutiiq Museum Collections
With support from the Rasmuson Foundation



 

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Archaeology Month Lecture

Small Site Archaeology in Womens Bay
by Patrick Saltonstall, Alutiiq Museum Curator
April 19th, Noon
Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge Visitor's Center

Bring and bag lunch and listen to curator Patrick Saltonstall discuss the results from the museum's 2011 excavations at the Amak site, in Womens Bay.

For more information please contact Public Outreach Coordinator This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 486-7004.
 

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Alutiiq Language Club

Wednesdays at Noon
Sun'aq Tribal Building, in the upstairs conference room

Join Alutiiq speakers and language learns to practice your Alutiiq language skills.  The club is free and open to people of all ages and skill levels.  Participants are welcome to bring their lunch.

 

For more information please contact
Alutiiq Language Manager This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  at 486-7004, x29.