Art & Exhibits
Take a virtual tour of the Alaska Islands & Ocean Visitor Center!
Art
From the whimsical wrought iron bicycle racks that greet you as you walk in from the parking lot to an overhead flock of Sandhill Cranes in stained glass to 7,000 hand sculpted seashore objects scattered in the lobby floor, the work of Alaskan artists will inspire you and help you learn about Alaska's islands and ocean in enterntaining new ways.
Alaska Wild 2008 Photography Exhibition
August 15 - September 10
The Alaska Society of Outdoor and Nature Photographers is proud to sponsor its seventeenth annual alaskaWILD 2008, a juried exhibition of wildlife and nature images taken in Alaska. The submission of images is held each Spring in conjunction with a multi-day workshop led by a world-renown nature photographer.
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| Clockwise from left: Enjoying our Exhibits, Ceramic Intertidal Life Sculpture, Steller Sea Lion Sculpture |
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Exhibits
One Big Ocean
It is one big ocean that ultimately links all life on earth. In this exhibit, visit the North Pacific globe to learn how essential a healthy ocean is to having healthy humans and wildlife.
Seabird Experience Theater
Immerse your senses in a natural phenomena that few people ever experience: the sights, sounds, and smells of life in a remote seabird colony in the heart of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, the largest seabird refuge in the world.
Bob "Sea Otter" Jones
See the boats that made life and work on the Refuge possible. A dory, like the one that Bob "Sea Otter" Jones used, is on display in the Alaska Islands & Ocean Visitor Center entryway. It tells its story and serves as a representative of other dories that traveled the length of Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. from the late 1940's to the mid - 1970's, carrying forward the work of science in the Aleutian Chain before inflatable boats replaced them.
Where Rivers Meet the Sea
Discover the uniqueness of the Kachemak Bay Research Reserve and dive into the oceanic, nearshore and watershed research being conducted here.
