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The collections of the Alaska State Museum in Juneau have grown from 5,500 to 27,000 objects. The Alaska State Museum was accredited by the American Association of Museums in 1975 and was re-accredited in 1987, and again in 2001.

Sheldon Jackson Museum was founded in 1888 to house an exceptional collection of Alaska Native ethnographic material, most of which had been gathered by Presbyterian missionary and General Agent of Education for Alaska, the Rev. Dr. Sheldon Jackson. In 1985, the state purchased the Sheldon Jackson Museum and now administers its collection of 6,000 objects

In the University of Alaska Museum of the North, there are over 1.4 million specimens and artifacts that represent millions of years of biological diversity and more than 10,000 years of cultural traditions in the North.

Both museums are represented in this gallery.