RBHS / F.G. Hale Collection
A view of early day Seward, Alaska, at the head of Resurrection Bay shows the railroad dock along the southern waterfront.

Upcoming Activities

Summer Solstice Cemetery Tour starts at 10:30 pm Wednesday, June 21 at the Legion Cemetery behind the Seward Chamber of Commerce. Lee Poleske and Sue McClure will share stories of important people in Seward history. Bring an umbrella or bug repellent -- whichever is appropriate!

Windows of History

The latest Windows of History display in the Library & Museum atrium celebrates the Alaska Railroad Centennial and looks at how this transportation link from ocean to the Interior got its start with the founding of Seward.

Temporary Exhibit

Loading Coal in Seward. Museum Curator Elana Yanusz has put together a temporary exhibit in the Seward Museum that gives details about the Suneel coal facility that operated for three decades next door to the Alaska Railroad dock in Seward. Starting in 1984, coal traveled by railcar from Usibelli coal mine in Healy before it was loaded in Seward via conveyor belt to outbound transport ships headed to foreign ports.