Imaginarium, Smithsonian exhibit to open at museum.

• Author: Pounds, Nancy
• Position: Inside Alaska Business

The Anchorage Museum will open the new Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center and Imaginarium Discovery Center on May 22.

The Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center will house more than 600 Alaska Native artifacts on long-term loan from the Smithsonian. Most of these objects have never been displayed before. This effort marks the first-of-its-kind long-term loan agreement for the Smithsonian. Alaska Native artists, elders and scholars have participated in selecting artifacts for display and have provided helpful information. Artifacts will be displayed in custom-designed cases, which are not sealed, to allow for easy access by Alaska Native artists and scholars.

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