Aspen Hotels – Anchorage
You won’t want to miss out on the Oscar Anderson House Museum, located at 420 M Street in downtown. Within Elderberry Park, it’s the first private residence in Anchorage with a wood frame and was constructed in 1915. Today, it’s the only original, historic home still standing in the city. Guided tours show visitors…
Category Archives: Culture
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Oscar Anderson House Museum
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Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center
Education, conservation, and the best animal care is the trifecta of the AWCC, located slightly southwest of downtown Anchorage and easily accessible in summer months. The AWCC is part of the reason wild bison roam free once again in Alaska, and here you’ll be able to meet and greet these four-legged residents in rehabilitation,…
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Indian Valley Mine and Gifts
Open daily in the summer from 9am – 6pm, Indian Valley Mine and Gifts is just 20 minutes from downtown Anchorage and located off a stunning scenic byway. Pan for gold and visit the baby ducklings, chicks, goslings, puppies and turkeys. (Please leave your own furry friends in your guest room.) You’ll find this family-friendly…
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Anchorage Museum
Discover the real story of the North at this sprawling museum featuring permanent galleries, traveling exhibits and special events year-round. See how Alaska as we know it came to be in a multi-tiered story steeped in cultural, historic, social, scientific and artistic threads. Here, visitors experience special features like the I Am Inuit exhibit…
