Totem Heritage Center - Ketchikan Museum
- Address: 601 Deermount Street, Ketchikan, AK 99901
- Phone: +1 907 225 5900
- Website:www.city.ketchikan.ak.us
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2+ reviews from 2 sources |
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| Yelp | 5.0 |
1+ reviews |
| Frommers | 2.0 |
1+ reviews |
Estimated Price: From $5
Totem Heritage Center
601 Deermount StreetKetchikan, AK 99901
Totem Heritage Center Details
Descriptions from Across the Web
- The Totem Heritage Center was established in 1976 to house and display a priceless collection of 19th century totem poles retrieved from uninhabited Tlingit and Haida village sites near Ketchikan. -- The thirty-three magnificent, original poles are displayed at the Center in ... more on MuseumStuff.com
- Located near City Park, the center contains the largest collection of original 19th-century totem poles in existence. The poles, up to 160 years old, are displayed indoors, mostly unpainted, many with the grass and moss still attached from when they were rescued from the elements in villages. Tot... more on Frommers
- Gathered from native village sites, many of the authentic native totems in this rare collection are well over a century old—a rare age for cedar carvings, which are frequently lost to decay in the Southeast's exceedingly wet climate. The center also features guided ... more on Fodor's
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Gourmet G. 's review
Created in 1976 to preserve 19th Century totem poles discovered in nearby abandoned villages, this museum also includes an impressive collection of Native ... a user of yelp.com. Read full review on Yelp
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- www.city.ketchikan.ak.us
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