The Alaska Native Heritage Center offers a unique experience for each visitor 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. Guests can stroll through our six authentic life-sized village sites representing the Athabascan, Iñupiaq/St. Lawrence Island Yupik, Yup’ik/Cup’ik, Unangax (Aleut), Sugpiaq (Alutiiq), and the Eyak, Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian peoples.

Alaskans can join in to learn Cup’ik, Sugpiaq (Alutiiq), Tlingit, Unangan and Inupiaq dance. Dance classes will provide the opportunity to learn the technique and cultural significance of dances and songs from these different Alaska Native cultures. Students will learn a new dance and song and then be given the chance to perform in front of an audience.