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To the Alaska Museum Community, The start of 2020 has seen enormous challenges for museums because of an ongoing worldwide pandemic. And, in recent weeks we have witnessed our country’s struggles with racism. We know these are extremely difficult times. The uncertainty of museums depends…
For Immediate Release Museums Alaska P.O. Box 756960, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6960 Phone (907) 474-5484 Home page: https://museumsalaska.org DATE: Friday, June 5, 2020 CONTACT: Della Hall, Executive Director di******@mu***********.org Alaska Museum Week, a statewide celebration of Alaska museums and cultural centers will take place next week,…
The following article was written by Emily Pastore, the Archives and Collections Manager at Sealaska Heritage Institute. The Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) is a private nonprofit founded in 1980 to perpetuate and enhance Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian cultures of Southeast Alaska. The SHI archives are a…
For Immediate Release Museums Alaska P.O. Box 756960, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6960 Phone (907) 474-5484 Home page: https://museumsalaska.org DATE: May 13, 2020 CONTACT: Della Hall, di******@mu***********.org Eight of Alaska’s collecting institutions, in seven different communities from Sitka to Fairbanks, have been awarded $72,917 in grants. The…
Six of Alaska’s collecting institutions, in five communities from Unalaska to Cordova, have been awarded $16,870 in grants. The awards will support the acquisition of artwork through a fund created by Rasmuson Foundation and administered by Museums Alaska. The Art Acquisition Fund invites museums and…
The American Alliance of Museums (AAM) has honored Museums Alaska’s Executive Director Della Hall with its Advocacy Leadership Award. Hall received the award from AAM President and CEO Laura Lott at a Museum Advocacy Day event held in Washington, DC on February 24th. Hall attended…
Museums Alaska is pausing all of its grant programs, including the Art Acquisition Fund and Collections Management Fund, until further notice. Current applications will be reviewed, but no new applications will be accepted. We are working with our funders to determine the best ways to…
Updated 3/19/2020 11:27am. The American Alliance of Museums has calculated that museums are losing at least $33 million a day due to closures as a result of COVID-19, will be in desperate need of significant federal support and that we needed to urge the U.S. Congress…
