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Museum Matching Game: Family, #TogetherMW

Play the game online here! Read more about the images below:   [Left] HSM A2no.01 – c. 1904. Raven Yakutat Tlingits at Sitka Potlatch, Dec. 9th, 1904.  Case and Draper studio. [Right] HSM A7no.05 – c. 1910. Studio portrait of two couples, one with an infant, all in...

1900 Census – Chilkat Valley Region

#AlaskaCounts: A Historic Perspective Explore data from the 1900 Alaska Census! Click on the page number to view scans of the 1900 census, organized by survey area. Cahoon Creek  1 California Gulch  1 Camp Sunshine  1 Chilkat Harbor  1 Chilkat River  1   2   3 Chilkat...

Capturing the Moment: Early Photography in Alaska

Thursday, May 2, 2019 The Haines Sheldon Museum is excited to announce an upcoming evening lecture and panel discussion, "Capturing the Moment: Early Photography in Alaska" on Thursday, May 2nd. This event is offered in coordination with the "1868: Muybridge in...

Haines 50 Was a Huge Success

The Haines 50: objects of our history was the premier exhibition in the newly-opened East Gallery of the Museum this fall. The Haines 50 highlights 50 objects from the Sheldon Museum collection. Each object tells its own story while together these objects tell a brief...