Traveling Exhibit The View from the Future

Fifty years after the Alaska Purchase Centennial

With the goal of making a permanent investment in Alaska, William A. Egan, the first governor of the State of Alaska, established an Alaska Centennial Commission in 1962. Local communities from around the state responded with imaginative and enterprising projects, including museums, community centers, performing arts facilities, libraries, campgrounds, historical parks, and a variety of restoration projects. What they all had in common was the commitment from local residents to pay their share, and the solid backing of the community. Almost every town in Alaska benefited in some way.

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Projects

1. Kodiak: Kodiak's Russian Past
2. Ninilchik: "Old Russian School House"
3. Gambell: Old Bering Sea Festival
4. Fairbanks: Pioneer Park
5. Bethel: Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center
6. Nome: Carrie M. McLain Memorial Museum
7. Tustemena: Tustumena Lake
8. Kenai Borough: Fort Kenay
9. Kenai Borough: Centennial Campgrounds
10. Seward: Seward Community Library and Museum
11. Homer: Pratt Museum
12. Mat-Su Borough: Matanuska-Susitna Tourism Complex
13. Valdez: Valdez Museum & Historical Archive
14. Cordova: Cordova Historical Museum
15. Anchorage: projects and activities around Anchorage
16. Barrow: Barrow Community Center
17. Kotzebue: Utukkaktakagvik
18. Point Hope: Tigara Hall
19. Klawock and Hydaburg: restoration of totems
20. Petersburg: Clausen Memorial Museum
21. Haines: Chilkat Center for the Arts
22. Skagway: Dahl Memorial Clinic
23. Ketchikan: Centennial Building
24. Wrangell: Wrangell Museum
25. Juneau: Alaska State Museum
26. Sitka: Centennial Hall

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