Last updated: 2/22/2012
Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska
Street Address
341 Mekiana RoadAnaktuvuk Pass, AK 99721
Mailing Address
PO Box 21085Anaktuvuk Pass, AK 99721
phone: 907-661-3413
fax: 907-661-3414
web: spmm.nsb-ihlc.com

Hours

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

Admissions

Adults: $10
Children (7-17): $5

Staff

Vera Woods
phone:
Description

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.

Mission

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.

History

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."

Artifact Collections

Ethnography of the Nunamiut People of Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska and neighborhood communities.

Facilities
Lecture Halls
Governance

Inupiat, History, Language, & Culture Division of the North Slope Borough Planning Department.

Library
Access: General Public
Appointment required: No
Publications
Nunamiut Stories
Nunamiut: Among Alaska's Inland Eskimos
Territoriality Among Ancient Hunters: Interpretations from Ethnography and Nature
The Hungry Summer booklet
Services

Nunamiut caribou skin masks and local arts & crafts sales. Publications & t-shirts and sweaters.

Gift Shop
Group Tours
ADA
Wheelchair Accessible
Exhibitions
Museum Events
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