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Alaska Vacation Tours Information
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Anchorage Alaska
Day Tours
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Alaska Experience Theater
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See "Alaska
the Greatland" from the comfort of planetarium seating on our 180 degree
wraparound screen, nearly 3 stories tall. See wildlife, scenery and breathtaking
vistas and enjoy the feeling of actually being there. 40 minutes.
Explore the cause and effect of the most powerful earthquake to ever hit North
America in the Alaska Earthquake Exhibit. Relive history through the movie
presentation of the Great Alaska Earthquake and feel the ground actually shake
and rumble beneath your seat in the comfort of our Safequake Theatre.
Enjoy giant wall murals and photos during your tour of the science and history
exhibits.
All Alaska - all here - at the
Alaska Experience Theater!
Cost:
$12.00 per person |
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Alaska
Native Heritage Center
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The Alaska Native
Heritage Center is an
educational
and cultural institution. The center provides programs in both academic and
informal settings, including workshops, demonstrations, and guided tours of
indoor exhibits and outdoor village sites.
Visitors to Alaska are introduced to Native
traditions
and customs of both the past and present. The Welcome House is a celebration of
contemporary Alaska Native cultures while the outdoor facilities and sites of
the Alaska Native Heritage Center allow the exploration of ancient tradition and
the presentation of stories from the past.
The Alaska Native Heritage Center provides a unique opportunity to experience
the many diverse Alaska Native cultures at one location.
Cost:
$23.50 per person |
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Anchorage
Museum of History and Art
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Experience the
Anchorage
Museum of History and Art and its extraordinary permanent collection depicting
10,000 years of Alaska history - Native subsistence lifestyles, European
exploration, Russian America, and contemporary times. View art of the North.
A world-class museum, the Anchorage Museum of History and Art is located in the
heart of Anchorage and features a restaurant and gift shop on site.
Open daily, May to September.
Cost: $6.50 per
person |
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Anchorage
Historic Walking Tour
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Downtown Anchorage
is
nearly flat, making for a delightful stroll. Throughout the summer, hanging
floral baskets line the streets.
Start at the Log Cabin Visitor Information Center, where friendly volunteers
answer questions, and provide maps for your walking tour. Racks of
brochures line the walls to inform you about all facets of Alaskan Adventure.
The marble statue in front of Old City Hall
next
door honors William Seward. Along 4th Avenue are some of Anchorage's original
buildings including the 4th Avenue Theater built in 1947. Some of the buildings
are dated from 1920, when Anchorage was incorporated.
Cater corner from
the
Old City Hall is the Alaska Public Lands information Center, one of four in the
state that provide information on all of Alaska's public lands. Take F Street
north downhill to 2nd Avenue, the site of original town-site homes built by the
Alaska Engineering Commission, which also built the Alaska Railroad in the early
1900s. Walk east along 2nd Avenue past the Eisenhower Memorial to a set of
stairs leading down to the Alaska Railroad depot. Salmon run up Ship Creek,
north of the depot, all summer.
The Tony Knowles Coastal Trail, is a
recreational
trail that begins west of 2nd Avenue and curls along Cook Inlet. Follow 2nd
Avenue to K Street, go south a block to 3rd Avenue, and follow 3rd Avenue
westward to Resolution Park, with its statue of Captain Cook. From here you can
admire the grand vistas over Cook Inlet to Mt. McKinley and other peaks in the
Alaska Range. The Oscar Anderson House Museum, off the coastal trail at the
north end of Elderberry Park, was Anchorage's first permanent frame house, built
in 1915 by city butcher Oscar Anderson.
If young travelers
are
getting restless, head back up the 5th Avenue hill to the Imaginarium, an
experiential science museum with a great gift shop. Walk down 5th Avenue, past
the Egan Convention Center, whose lobby has several modern Native Alaskan
sculptures. Across the street is a park (Town Square) that's packed with flowers
in the summer, and just southwest of it is the Alaska Center for the Performing
Arts.
Continue down 6th Ave past the Kimball
building
one of Anchorage’s first commercial buildings built in 1915 and the Alaska State
Troopers Museum. A Street and 7th Avenue is the location for the entrance to the
Anchorage Museum of History and Art, which occupies the whole block between 6th
and 7th avenues. The red metal sculpture out front is a favorite hide-and-seek
site for children. The Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 535 East
9th Ave and celebrates many people’s lives that built the Last Frontier.
Cost: Inquire for
more information
More Alaska day tours:
Denali National
Park Day Tour
Fairbanks Day Tours
Seward Day Tours
Visit Alaska Denali Tours for more
Alaska Vacation and
Alaska Travel options. |
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