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Sheldon Museum and Cultural Center

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Steve Sheldon began assembling native artifacts, Russian items, and gold-rush memorabilia, such as Jack Dalton's sawed-off shotgun, in the 1880s and started an exhibit of his finds in 1925. Today, the Alaska family's personal collection anchors an impressive array of artifacts, including an 18th-century carved ceremonial hat from the Murrelet Clan, Chilkat blankets, and a model of a Tlingit tribal house. The impressive lens came from Eldred Rock Lighthouse, just south along Lynn Canal.

  • Cost: $3
  • Open: Mid-May-mid-Sept., weekdays 10-5, weekends 2-5; mid-Sept.-mid-May, weekdays 1-4
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