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Juneau-Douglas City Museum, Juneau, AK

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Juneau-Douglas City Museum

Local history museum in downtown Juneau, housed in a former public library building across from the state capitol.

114 W. 4th Street, Juneau, Alaska 99801 · Juneau, AK

About Juneau-Douglas City Museum

The Juneau-Douglas City Museum is a city-run history museum in downtown Juneau. It sits at the corner of 4th and Main, across from the Alaska State Capitol. The building dates to the early 1950s and was built as the Juneau Memorial Library. It stayed in library use until the 1980s, when the city converted it into a museum. The museum's own pages list its hours, admission, exhibits, and programs.

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