A view of early day Seward, Alaska, at the head of Resurrection Bay shows the railroad dock along the southern waterfront.
Upcoming Activities
A traveling exhibit from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Americans and the Holocaust, will be in the Library & Museum Community Room through Oct. 3. The exhibition will include the following presentation: Wednesday, Sept. 18 at 3 pm - Curator Allison Stacy will present “Primary Sources & Museum Collections” with a look at two exhibits on display in the Seward Museum. Allie will also lead tours of the museum workroom to give visitors a close-up look at artifacts and cover the basics of researching in the archives.
Museum Special Exhibit
Lydia Jacoby's Journey to the 2020 Olympics fills a corner of the Seward Museum. Learn how Lydia made her way from the Tsunami Swim Club in Seward to the Tokyo Olympics where she won a gold medal in the 100m breaststroke. On the big screen, you can watch the 10-minute ESPN video that gives highlights of Lydia's exploits.
Windows of History
Newspaper Coverage of WWII, the latest Windows of History display in the Library & Museum atrium, gives insight about how the media dealt with coverage of the Holocaust and U.S. military involvement in World War II.
Atrium Exhibit
Seward businessman Harry Kawabe was an immigrant from Japan. He and other Seward residents of Japanese ethnicity were taken from our community and sent to an interment camp during World War II.