Last updated: 2/22/2012
341 Mekiana Road
Anaktuvuk Pass, AK 99721
PO Box 21085
Anaktuvuk Pass, AK 99721
Open year round.
Closed during lunch 12:00pm-1:00pm.
Closed on major Holidays
Monday - Friday
8:30 AM - 12 PM & 1 PM - 5 PM
Adults: $10
Children (7-17): $5
Museum building log cabin like is situated on a rise at the edge of, and overlooking, the village of Anaktuvuk Pass. From the front porch visitors can take in the magnificent panorama of the pass the headwaters of the major rivers.
Simon Paneak Memorial Museum focuses on recording and preserving the history, traditions, and artifacts of the Nunamiut. Drawing on data gathered from past and present elders. This accomplishment by the presentation, dissemination and interpretation of these materials through public exhibitions, educational programs and continuing research.
Existing since September 26, 1986 "...exhibits and displays inside offer insights into the origins and physical environment of the mountains and the history of the Nunamiut people."
Ethnography of the Nunamiut People of Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska and neighborhood communities.
Inupiat, History, Language, & Culture Division of the North Slope Borough Planning Department.
Access: General Public
Appointment required: No
Nunamiut Stories
Nunamiut: Among Alaska's Inland Eskimos
Territoriality Among Ancient Hunters: Interpretations from Ethnography and Nature
The Hungry Summer booklet
Nunamiut caribou skin masks and local arts & crafts sales. Publications & t-shirts and sweaters.
Gift Shop
Group Tours
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