Mar 4, 2023
Whose stories get told in a museum? Who gets to tell those stories? Who has the control of those stories? These questions do not have simple answers when it comes to museum exhibition practices. The Kodiak History Museum has a simple answer in the vehicle of our...
Jan 19, 2023
This blog post is guest-written by Dana Wright. Dana is a Marine Science and Conservation PhD student at Duke University. In May 2022, Dana spent two weeks at KHM obtaining baleen samples from KHM for her dissertation. Dana’s dissertation uses different methods,...
Aug 25, 2022
Artist Robert Tucker holding “Esquire of the Sea”, 2005-1-1. The Kodiak History Museum cares for hundreds of artworks. It is our job to collect and preserve information about each artwork and make it accessible for years to come.Each artwork in KHM’s...
Jul 14, 2022
In Spring 2022, the Kodiak History Museum debuted a new model for our temporary exhibit gallery. This blog post contains all you need to know about our new temporary exhibit program, how to be involved in the exhibit process, and any other facts! The Program KHM’s...
Jul 13, 2022
Cama’i and welcome to KHM’s new blog! My name is Lynn, and I am KHM’s Curator. This summer, I was privileged to participate in the Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology (SIMA) at the National Museum of Natural History. This program is centered on preparing graduate...
Jul 1, 2022
The Long Haul began in December 2021as part of KHM’s preparations for a new exhibit about the COVID-19 pandemic –Making History, Day by Day: Kodiak, Our Stories, and the COVID-19 Pandemic. KHM sought to initiate a conversation about how the pandemic impacted and...
