Research

Research Facilities

The University of Alaska Museum has archaeological collections containing materials that document cultures in Alaska from the Late Pleistocene to the present. Extensive paleontology, geology, botany, zoology, ethnology, and fine arts collections are also available for study at the museum.

The Elmer E. Rasmuson Library contains the distinguished Alaska Polar Regions Collection, as well as an outstanding rare book and map collection. Primary sources and photographic collections on the Circumpolar North are also available in the Archive and Manuscript Division of the library.

The Alaska Native Language Center offers unrivaled opportunities for the study of Alaskan languages, and provides important support for instruction and research in sociocultural anthropology.

The Alaska Quaternary Center focuses on the natural history of Alaska from the beginning of the Pleistocene through the Holocene.