Tongass Historical Museum

The Tongass Historical Museum really provides you with a holistic view of the area and rich history. From the beginning with fossils to mining, oil, cannery (fish), logging, pulp mills, totem poles and the Tlingit people! There are 1,000’s of artifacts and pieces in their collection to see. They don’t charge very much ($6) to go thru and see all the fascinating nuggets of history!

Nice little museum with plenty of arifacts and interesting old photos. Inexpensive too. We really liked the beautiful river that you can view from the museum, or walk to it behind the museum.

Amazing place to go if you have time to kill and you love learning. Tickets only cost $6 for adults, $5 for elders, and anyone 17 and younger gets free entry. They have two exibits, the main one being Ketchikan history (including fishing, lumbering, and a little bit of mining history), and they also have a smaller dinosaur exhibit. They have a lot of items on display and I found it all very fascinating. They even recreated the framework for one lengend of that area, fit with it's real skull. I was there for over an hour and didn't even read every sign they had. Highly recommend, especially if you love museums like I do!

The Tongass Historical museum is amazing it have the history of Alaska like the gold rush and the Alaska Purchase and many wonderful displays and real native items. We enjoy it but we also went the gift shop they very nice items..

Low $ price, High Value! A stroll thru here will enrich your view of the town! Military Betrans & family enter for free! Display appeals to all generations. Fossil and plants and people