Kodiak Maritime Museum
Website // 500 Alimaq Dr., Trident Way, Kodiak, AK 99615 // +1 907-486-0384
Maritime Museum is a museum without walls, and its organization has been working since 1996 to preserve and honor the signals’ rich maritime history. Their displays around Kodiak include 14 interpretative signs at St. Pail Harbor and three satellite exhibits. This museum displays full-color panels that showcase the Coast Guard’s excellent job, fishermen, and the fish they seek. The bank and college’s satellite exhibits are constantly changing; its most recent exhibit included a photographic retrospective of King Crab fishing’s boom years.
The Kodiak Maritime Museum opened its doors in the City of Kodiak, Alaska, in 1996 by a group of fishermen determined to preserve the town’s maritime history and present it to locals and visitors alike. In the mid-1990s, the City of Kodiak and other coastal communities in Alaska underwent quick changes as revolutionary and new technology systems swept through Alaska’s fisheries. In an effort to preserve the town’s maritime history and culture before many of the stories of Kodiak’s fisheries were lost, the founders recruited people to join the board of directors, figured out a strategic plan, and began collecting artifacts and local histories.
While the Kodiak Maritime Museum does not have a facility, its early effort has grown as it now produces exhibits, walking tours, live performances, and other interpretative and recreational activities in the City of Kodiak and other Alaskan sites. The museum’s most significant endeavor to date is the permanent outdoor Interpretive Exhibit of Thelma C.