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Bison in Montana. Photo courtesy of the Old Harbor Alliance. It was a journey that took three bison thousands of miles from a remote Montana Indian reservation. They traveled by land, by air and then by sea to reach their new home near Old Harbor on Kodiak Island. They finally arrived Thursday night. Melissa Berns-Svoboda stands in front of one …

An example of what the exhibit redesign could look like (Image Courtesy of Baronov Museum.) Daysha Eaton/KMXT Kodiak’s Baranov Museum has met their fundraising goal for their permanent exhibits redesign and facility upgrade project. Sarah Harrington, executive director of the Kodiak Historical Society and Baranov Museum, says the museum was awarded the final grant of $175,000 from the Rasmuson foundation on …

(Photo by J. Stephen Conn / Flickr) Daysha Eaton/KMXT Kodiak The MJ Murdock Charitable Trust has awarded the Baranov Museum in Kodiak a $205,000 grant for a redesign of its permanent exhibits and a facility upgrade. Sarah Harrington is Executive Director of the Kodiak Historical Society and Baranov Museum. She says the money will be used to better care for …

Nellie Erskine sitting in her reading corner. The Baranov Museum used a historical photo to recreate the reading nook for its new exhibit. (Photo courtesy Kodiak Historical Society, Carolyn Erskine Andrews Collection, P-368-13-5) Mitch Borden/KMXT The Erskines were a powerful family in Kodiak in the early 20th century. W.J. Erskine was a successful businessman and his wife Nellie Erskine was …

Alutiiq Primer recently discovered in the Baranov Museum achieve. (Photo by Mitch Borden/KMXT) Mitch Borden/KMXT Treasure can come in all shapes and sizes. For some, only gold or diamonds will do. While others prefer objects that shed light on the past. And recently, the staff at the Baranov Museum struck it big in that department. KMXT reports how a few old …

Alice Ryser. (Photo courtesy of the Alutiiq Museum) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Alutiiq Museum just chose an active figure in Kodiak’s museum scene for its 2017 volunteer of the year award. Alice Ryser has been involved with both the Alutiiq Museum and the Baranov Museum for many years. “It’s so interesting and I’ve learned a lot.” According to an Alutiiq Museum …

Collections manager Michael Bach in Baranov Museum. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Baranov Museum just received a grant for its collection of stone artifacts. The Baranov museum is also called the Russian-American Magazin and the Erskine House. In Kodiak, it’s known for covering the Russian side of local history while the Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Baranov Museum recently unveiled an exhibit featuring modern, locally-created art. Collections manager Michael Bach says after gathering the pieces for a few years, they finally had the right number to open “Works of Our Lifetime: A Collection of Modern Kodiak Artwork.” “Obviously, a portion of our permanent exhibit is focused on the historic era and through our …

Detail of Ing’iq (Barometer Mountain), oil on canvas, by Genevieve Opheim. (Courtesy of Alutiiq Museum) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Alutiiq Museum will purchase five more pieces by local artists through the Rasmuson Foundation art acquisition fund. The different mediums and art forms all feature a little bit of island life. Alf Pryor’s photographs feature the remnants of a former cannery. Genevieve …

The Baranov Museum recently opened an exhibit featuring the culture and history of Sami reindeer herders in Alaska. On today’s Talk of the Rock, host Kayla Desroches chats with Lois Stover, Esther Larson, and Cherie Biddle about the Sami people. Joining is Pearl Johnson, a board member of the Sami Cultural Center of North America.