A view of early day Seward, Alaska, at the head of Resurrection Bay shows the railroad dock along the southern waterfront.
Resurrection Bay Historical Society Objectives
- To collect, preserve and make accessible to the public materials that help establish and illustrate the history of the Seward area.
- To stimulate interest and disseminate information about the history of the Seward area.
- To encourage the preservation of historical buildings, structures and sites in the Seward area.
Activities
The monthly series "Thursdays: Our History" will resume with a program at 7 pm Oct. 17 in the Community Room of the Library & Museum. Guest speaker Virgil Campbell will share the History of I.R.B.I. Knives, the iconic shop at along the Seward Highway between Moose Pass and Seward. The next monthly membership meeting will be at 7 pm Thursday, Oct. 24 in the Seward Museum. Click on the WHAT'S NEW tab for details about special exhibits and activities, including the Americans and the Holocaust traveling exhibit from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. which will be in Seward through Oct. 3.
To become a member of RBHS and to help support the preservation of local history, please complete a membership form and mail it to RBHS, PO Box 55, Seward, AK 99664. All members receive a monthly newsletter and gain free admission to the museum.
Seward Museum
Check out the special exhibit Lydia's Journey to the Olympics (pictured below) at the Seward Museum. Stand on the podium and put a gold medal around your neck to capture the moment in a photo to share with friends and family. Click the WHAT'S NEW tab on the menu bar to see more about this exhibit.
Museum hours: The museum is closed this week, but will move to its winter schedule starting Oct. 11 when it will be open 10 am - 6 pm on Fridays, and 10 am - 5 pm on Saturdays. For more information about museum operations, check out the Seward Community Library & Museum website. Our gift case has many interesting books, plus we're the only place you can buy a Seward Flag. A perfect tool for historians is Mary Barry's three-volume "Seward, Alaska: History of the Gateway City", which sells for $22 per volume or just $60 for the set.
Collection
The Resurrection Bay Historical Society collection of objects, photographs and archives has a home in the museum portion of the Seward Community Library & Museum at 239 Sixth Ave. The Society also maintains an index of obituaries of local residents. For questions about local history, contact us at the email listed below.
Resurrection Bay Historical Society
PO Box 55
Seward, AK 99664
rbhs1903@gmail.com
Donations to Collection
Resurrection Bay Historical Society is pleased to accept donations to its collection of objects, photographs and archives connected to the history of Seward and surrounding area. To make a donation, contact the historical society (see address above) and give a description of the item and a photo if possible. All donations must be accompanied by a signed and dated Deed of Gift
Click on the Facebook icon above to access our Facebook page or follow us on Facebook at: