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Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Baranov Museum executive director is moving to the Lower 48, and the museum is now searching for a person to fill her place. Tiffany Brunson joined the staff in 2012, and before that had worked as a historic archaeologist for various federal agencies. “An historic archaeologist is an archeologist, so someone who investigates the cultural material of …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Baranov Museum is about to hunker down and do a full inventory of its collection. Executive Director Tiffany Brunson says their holdings date back to pre-history and they’re constantly collecting artifacts from modern day. For instance, the Baranov just acquired signs and a banner from the recent Women’s March in Kodiak. She says they carried out their …

Baranov Museum Curator of Collections & Exhibits, Alana Blumenthal. Photo courtesy of Baranov Museum Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Baranov Museum has a new employee to fill the position Anjuli Grantham left behind when she stepped down as curator of collection and exhibits. Alana Blumenthal says she’s originally from Philadelphia and has been working in museums for the last few years. Her …

Anjuli Grantham. Photo by Breanna Peterson Kayla Desroches/KMXT After almost five years at the Baranov Museum, the museum’s curator of collections and exhibits is moving on. Kodiak local Anjuli Grantham has been active in the history scene both locally and state-wide. She recently completed a project called West Side Stories, which has a multimedia focus on the lives of setnetters …

Students during the 2014 film intensive speak to Toby Sullivan, executive director of the Kodiak Maritime Museum. Courtesy of the Baranov Museum Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Baranov Museum runs a film workshop for students which recently made it into the running for a national awards program. The National Arts & Humanities Youth Program Awards recognize extracurricular programs that encourage youth, and …

A wood mallet used for basic bushcraft tasks.teejaybee/Flickr Kayla Desroches/KMXT If a person gets lost in the mountains or forests of Kodiak, they’d benefit from knowing a bit about woodworking, sharpening tools, and starting fires. A series of three presentations as part of the Baranov Museum’s History Speaks spring lecture series will teach audience members those very skills. Speaker Jim …

Coming up this week, Sitka herring wraps up without reaching its harvest targets – again; we get a preview of the next big fishery for the little fish; and preserving the history of our state’s canneries. We had help from KCAW’s Robert Woolsey in Sitka, KDLG’s Molly Dischner in Dillingham, Coast Alaska’s Ed Schoenfeld in Juneau and KMXT’s Kayla Desroches …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Three of Kodiak’s four museums have received a combined $21,000 in grants from the Alaska State Museum. One was $2,000 to the Maritime Museum for cataloging artifacts in its collection. The Baranof Museum received $9,000 and the Alutiiq $10,000. Scott Carrlee is the curator of museum services for at the state museum in Juneau. He agreed that Kodiak …