Alaska Native Heritage Center: Explore Indigenous Cultures

Explore 10,000 years of Alaska Native history through art, dance, and interactive exhibits at the Alaska Native Heritage Center.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Alaska Native Heritage Center - During your visit you will experience Alaska Native dancing, compelling Native Games demonstrations and Village Site tours. You will stroll through six authentic life-sized Native dwellings situated in a wooden area around beautiful Lake Tiulana. One of our Culture Bearers will introduce you to the traditional…
What's Included
  • Parking fees
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

The Alaska Native Heritage Center offers a unique experience for you to learn and explore the traditional and contemporary ways of Alaska’s Indigenous cultures. More than a museum, the Center is a place to engage and interact–to ask questions and discover.
Our living cultures continue to flourish in a changing world, and although our world changes, our…

Location
Alaska Native Heritage Center
8800 Heritage Center Dr,
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Jm87964
Sep 22, 2024
An unexpected and delightful surprise! - I was on a RCCL cruise tour and bored out of my mind with the long rides and constant stops for Walmart, or smokers. I usually don't really like museums so I was preparing to just wander about. Well I was pleasantly surprised at how interesting everything was! I learned so much both good and not so good. Everyone there either staff or volunteers were so nice and informative. I really enjoyed myself and was dreading another long dull bus ride but kept myself entertained by looking up information that I had learned at the center.
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Navigator782340
Sep 12, 2024
Very educational - David was very helpful and knowledgeable answering our questions. He explained on details and easy way to understand.
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K2565tbkarenc
Sep 11, 2024
This is a must do activity for the whole family. - We were lucky to walk with Aria and we learned a lot from her. The whole place was wonderful with the performers and craft people selling hand made items.
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Paula
Aug 25, 2024
Educational tour. - Tour guides are very knowledgeable about their Native history. Never felt rushed. Patiently answered everyone's question..
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J5034ecjudyb
Aug 20, 2024
Informative and very nice - Great center. Has interactive program. Great people, very friendly. Vendors were informative and had wonderful examples of native art.
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X3292ueellar
Aug 18, 2024
Excellent service - their drinks were so skibidi!! happy birthday to me!! i am certainly satisfied!! i got the pretzel and cheese and it was sigma!!
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James
Aug 17, 2024
Rich Heritage Experience - We enjoyed learning about native Alaskan peoples and their way of life. We were able to get a guided tour, which lasted about 70 minutes, and watched a cultural dance and drum performance.
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Thisiscarrie
Aug 11, 2024
Informative, interesting and important place - My family (two adults and two teens) visited recently- and what a wonderful place this is. We appreciated the opportunity to learn more about indigenous Alaskan communities. The exhibits were really beautiful and informative. The building structures were fascinating- so much knowledge of how to survive & thrive in unique and challenging climates. This was an essential part of our family trip for sure- very highly recommended!
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Kereru1955
Aug 19, 2024
Go early! - A good experience except we missed the last official tour for the day and the shuttle wasn't running back to town, later in the day, when we visited. We enjoyed the Native Games and Native Dance sessions. Disappointed the 4.00 Introduction to Alaska Native Cultures didn't happen.
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117calid
Sep 6, 2024
Nice environment, interesting dress code - Being a visiting native from California, me and another friend wanted to come and appreciate Alaska Native culture. The place was beautiful however my friend pointed out a young man’s attire and he was wearing a belt buckle that is a mockery of Native American culture. We wanted to ask other staff but they all seemed young and we were too unsure at the time to ask any of them if they thought that attire was appropriate considering where he worked.
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