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Sheldon Museum and Cultural Center
Sheldon Museum and Cultural Center Review
Steve Sheldon began assembling Native artifacts, items from historic Ft. Seward, 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 his collection is the core of the museum's impressive array of artifacts, including Chilkat blankets, a model of a Tlingit tribal house, and the original lens from the Eldred Rock lighthouse just south of Haines on the Lynn Canal. Repatriated Bear Clan items such as an 18th-century carved ceremonial Murrelet hat are are on display, thanks to loans to the museum.
- Address: 11 Main St., Haines, AK, 99827 | Map It
- Phone: 907/766-2366
- Cost: $5
- Hours: Mid-May--mid-Sept., weekdays 10--4, weekends 1--4; mid-Sept.--mid-May, Mon.--Sat. 1--4
- Website: www.sheldonmuseum.org
- Location: Haines
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