Isabel Miller Museum

Isabel Miller Museum

The Isabel Miller Museum is the city museum of Sitka in the U.S. state of Alaska.

Run by the Sitka Historical Society, it is located in the Harrigan Centennial Hall in downtown Sitka. Its collection focuses on Sitka's history from the Tlingit people, through the European explorations and Russian era and after. The museum's exhibits include the time period when Sitka was effectively the capital of the District of Alaska, through the development of Sitka's Mission School, which became Sheldon Jackson College, the discovery of gold on nearby Chichagof Island, the Flight Around the World Sitka stopover, fox farming on the islands surrounding Sitka, and World War II's impact on Sitka. The museum also has extensive collections and archives not on display and archives, accessible by staff for research purposes.

External links

* [http://www.sitka.org/historicalmuseum/ Official site]


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