The Sitka History Museum, formerly known as the Isabel Miller Museum is the city
museum
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of
Sitka
Sitka (; ) is a unified city-borough in the southeast portion of the U.S. state of Alaska. It was under Russian rule from 1799 to 1867. The city is situated on the west side of Baranof Island and the south half of Chichagof Island in the Al ...
in the
U.S. state
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of
Alaska
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.
The Sitka Historical Society & Museum was founded in 1957. Their collections didn't have a dedicated space until 1967, when the museum opened in Harrigan Centennial Hall. In 2015 the Harrigan Centennial Hall was closed for renovations, with the museum reopening in 2018.
It's collection focuses on Sitka's history from the
Tlingit people
The Tlingit or Lingít ( ) are Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. , they constitute two of the 231 federally recognized List of Alaska Native tribal entities, Tribes of Alaska. Most Tlingit are Alaska Natives; ...
, through the European explorations and
Russian era and after. The museum also has extensive collections and archives not on display, accessible by staff for research purposes.
References
Museums in Sitka, Alaska
History museums in Alaska
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