Permanent Exhibits
Featured Items from the Collection
Encompassing more than half of the museum’s public footprint, the permanent exhibits highlight and bring to life the region’s history with carefully curated displays.
Mostly hand-crafted by talented staff and locals, the displays focus on preserved artifacts, vivid staging, and photograhic records. The limited descriptions allow visitors to find their own connections to Cordova’s history and hopefully inspire curiosity and a desire to learn more after their visit ends.
Sense of Time, Sense of Place: A Timeline of Events
Nature’s Wonders: Reflections on the region’s amazing landscape and living creatures.
First Peoples: Artifacts and language preserve the culture.
Alaska and Empire: Many 16th century empires took note of the vastness of the Alaskan region with explorers being sent from Russia, France, Great Britain, Spain and even the United States. Trace their paths and see how their languages ended up labeling the Prince William Sound area.
Fishing: The waters are our lifeblood and have shaped the region’s economy for generations.
Copper River & Northwestern Railway: Oil and mining attracted kingpins of development to the area.
Cape St. Elias Fresnel Lens: An unmatched beauty, the lens provides atmosphere for a collection of shipwreck memorabilia.
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: Affecting generations of Cordovans, the spill left a lasting impact on the local environment and our precious resources. We must learn from the past.