A free civics chat co-hosted by the GCHS and the League of Women Voters. Five former and current mayors will talk about how local politics and governance have changed in the last three decades. Join Fran Ulmer, Bruce Botelho, Sally Smith, Mary Becker and Beth Weldon...
Regular hours: The museum is now open for the 2026 summer season through Labor Day, Thursdays-Mondays, 2-5 pm, $5 cash only. For additional information about the Museum contact the Last Chance Mining Museum at 907-586-5338 or glrrlg@alaska.net, or by mail at 1001...
In the winter of 1955-1956, fifty-five men and women gathered on the Fairbanks campus to hammer out the nation’s newest state constitution. Six delegates were from Juneau, half of them women. In addition, Katie Hurley and Tom Stewart of Juneau served as staff to the...
Exciting news for local history fans – we have just have just added two books to our expanding local history collection: R.N. “Bob” DeArmond’s definitive history The Founding of Juneau and a new very accurate and detailed historical novel The Treadwell Carpenter by...
Good news update ! Sentinel Island Lighthouse is shining bright again! The lighthouse has been fully repaired and painted by a team of lighthouse restoration experts, contracted this spring by our society. Funded by various grants, private donations, fund-raising...
