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News & Events
August 2018
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How Weather, Navigation, and Communication contributed to the Sinking of the Princess Sophia.
Saturday, August 11th
4:30-6:00pm
FREE
Join us for the “City Salon” on Saturday, August 11th at 4:30pm at the Juneau-Douglas City Museum. The City Salon will be a new series centered on community dialogue about local history, culture, and literature. This first gathering will bring together experts and community members in a facilitated conversation around how weather, navigation, and communication contributed to the sinking of the Princess Sophia in October of 1918. Singers Kathleen Wayne, Sara Radke Brown and pianist Sue Kazama will perform two arias from Orpheus Project's T
he Princess Sophia Opera
by Emerson Eads and Dave Hunsaker. Light refreshments will be provided.
Recommended reading:
Sinking of the Princess Sophia: Taking the North Down with Her
by Ken Coates and Bill Morrison.
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Image Above: Painting of the Princess Sophia, courtesy of Dan Fruits.
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City Museum Now Offering Capitol Tours
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FREE Alaska State Capitol Tours
August - September
Mondays: 1:00, 2:00 and 3:00
Tuesdays: 10:00, 11:00 and 12:00
Fridays: 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 1:00, 2:00 and 3:00
Guided Capitol tours are up and running again, thanks to our City Museum volunteers! This unique tour provides the opportunity to learn state history through viewing architecture, artifacts, artwork, historical photographs and historical newspapers inside the Capitol. The tour includes viewing the building from outside and then winds down from the fifth floor, exploring rooms, artwork, photographs (and more) on each floor. The Capitol houses artwork by a variety of artists including Sydney Laurence, Byron Birdsall and Herb Bonnet.
Tours begin at the City Museum and last approximately 45 minutes.
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Image above: "Federal & Territorial Building" Black and white photograph. Winter and Pond. JDCM 97.36.021
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The Juneau-Douglas City Museum is currently seeking proposals from artists or groups who are interested in mounting a show during the 2019-2020 season.
Each year, the Juneau-Douglas City Museum hosts solo and group art exhibits from October through February. The Museum encourages a variety of exhibition ideas and will consider artists working in all media. Successful candidates will present work that complements the Museum’s mission:
To foster among its diverse audiences an awareness of Juneau's cultural heritage, values and community memory so we may draw strength and perspective from the past, inspire learning, and find purpose for the future.
Applicants must submit a completed application form, which can be picked up at the Museum or downloaded from our website. Online applications may be found at
juneau.org/library/museum
under the “Exhibits and Collections” drop down menu's "Exhibit Opportunities” link. Applicants must submit five examples of past or current artwork representing the type of work they plan to exhibit, an image list that corresponds with examples of work, a brief exhibit statement describing the proposed exhibition, and an artist resume.
Selected artists must be prepared to hang the exhibit, produce labels and supply posters and invitation postcards for promotion of their show. For more information, contact Elissa Borges, Public Programs Coordinator, at
elissa.borges@juneau.org
or call 586-3572.
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Invest in your community's history and art.
Become a Member
of the
Friends of the Juneau-Douglas City Museum
Benefits include
FREE
walking tours for members at the Fellow, Patron, Sustaining and Benefactor levels.
Visit
https://fojdcm.org/
for more information about membership level benefits, to become a member, and check out what the Friends are up to.
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Museum Summer Hours
Monday-Friday 9:00am-6:00pm
Saturday-Sunday 10:00am-4:30pm
Summer Admission Begins May 1st
$6.00 General Admission
$5.00 Seniors
FREE for children 12 and younger
FREE for active duty military and up to 5 family members
ANNUAL PASS:
$25.00 Unlimited visits for pass holder and 1 guest
Call us at 907 586-3572
The Juneau-Douglas City Museum fosters among its diverse audiences an awareness of Juneau's cultural heritage, values and community memory so we may draw strength and perspective from the past, inspire learning, and find purpose for the future. As a public trust, we collect, preserve, interpret, and exhibit those materials that document the cultures and history of the Juneau and Douglas area.
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STAY CONNECTED on the Friends' Facebook page
Each week
we post
Who's Who Wednesday,
portraits from the
J. Alexander collections, and
ThrowBack Thursday,
a look at
Juneau's past through our Museum's collection.
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