Address / locations
(Locations and Directions)
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601 Deermount Ketchikan, AK 99901
Ketchikan, AK
Business Hours
(Please Call to Confirm)
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monday
8:00am-5:00pm
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tuesday
8:00am-5:00pm
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wednesday
8:00am-5:00pm
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thrusday
8:00am-5:00pm
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friday
8:00am-5:00pm
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saturday
8:00am-5:00pm
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sunday
8:00am-5:00pm
About Totem Heritage Center
Specialties: The Totem Heritage Center preserves and perpetuates the living artistic traditions of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian peoples that gave rise to the original totem poles on display and provides the opportunity to discover, learn and practice Native arts to inspire cultural understanding.
Our knowledgeable staff and interpretive panels help visitors gain a historical context with ...
Specialties: The Totem Heritage Center preserves and perpetuates the living artistic traditions of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian peoples that gave rise to the original totem poles on display and provides the opportunity to discover, learn and practice Native arts to inspire cultural understanding.
Our knowledgeable staff and interpretive panels help visitors gain a historical context with which to approach contemporary totem poles and the cultural traditions present in our community. Established in 1976. The Totem Heritage Center houses a priceless collection of 19th century totem poles retrieved in the 1970s from the Tlingit villages on Tongass Island and Village Island and from the Haida village of Old Kasaan on Prince of Wales Island.
The inhabitants of these villages moved to Ketchikan and other towns at the beginning of the 20th century in order to be near schools, churches, and the canneries, mines, and sawmills that offered employment.
With the permission of Native elders, the Alaska State Museum and the Alaska Native Brotherhood carried out the totem pole retrieval. Elders also provided valuable cultural and historical information about the poles. The Smithsonian Institution and the U.S. Forest Service provided technical assistance.
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