Rainy Day Museum #2

Our second museum stop was at the Valdez Museum & Historical Archive.

This museum has two buildings, but the one on Hazelet is open only on specific days ... and only to those who have made advance reservations. The building on Egan — senior/military admission $5pp — has exhibits that focus on native culture, early explorers, the oil industry, and more.

As well, there was a temporary exhibit featuring drawings of the mill town of Kennecott. No photos, but it was interesting to us because we were in Kennecott just over a week ago.

In addition to wandering around the exhibits, we took the time to watch the video about the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake. It was especially interesting since the story of the devastating earthquake was told by some of the survivors. I was under the impression that the 9.2 quake and the tsunami that followed in its aftermath had completely devastated Valdez. Turns out that wasn’t the case. But a new town had to be established nonetheless due to the instability of the site of the old town.Read more