Fodor's Expert Review Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center

Bethel Family

The cultural center hosts a range of community and art events, including classes, movie screenings, summer camps, concerts, and summer Saturday markets. The center also has a library and a museum, founded in 1965 as the Bethel Museum, with more than 2,500 artifacts, photographs, and art pieces from the Athabascan, Cup'ik, and Yup'ik cultures, including masks, statues, and intricate carvings in ivory, baleen, and whalebone. The Kuskokwim Art Guild also runs a gift shop on the site.

Family Indigenous Sight

Quick Facts

420 Chief Eddie Hoffman Hwy.
Bethel, Alaska  99559, USA

907-543–4504

www.uaf.edu/bethel/cultural-center

Sight Details:
Rate Includes: Library closed Sun.; gift shop closed Sun. and Mon.

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