ACVB Log Cabin and Visitor Information Center

Corner of 4th Ave. & F St. This sod-roofed cabin is a great place to start all your adventures. Inside you'll find a friendly, helpful staff and loads of brochures, maps, and informaiton about Anchorage. In front, a colorful milepost demonstrates Anchorage's location as "Air Crossroads of the World." Center is open daily, year-round. Pick up the valuable Visitor Information Guide while you are there!

Directions: Take New Seward Highway to downtown, turn left on 5th Avenue, right on I Street and right on 4th. The cabin will be on your right hand side.

4th Avenue Theatre

630 W. 4th Ave (4th and G Street). This Art Deco-style landmark first opened in 1947, survived the 1964 earthquake, and was completely refurbished in 1992. Today you'll find shops and the theatre's original floor-to-ceiling bronze murals. Off-white Travertine marble is used along the front facades of the Fourth Avenue Theatre. The walls of the richly decorated vestibule of the Fourth Avenue Theatre are beige/pink polished marble, with quarter-round molding at the entry door and a "flattened" neoclassical crown at the ceiling. Dark orange marble panels above and below set off one of the display cases at each end of the room. This is an Anchorage landmark with fantastic history and a great place to stop in while on the downtown Walking Tour (below).

ANCHORAGE WALKING TOUR

This is a great way to familiarize yourself with Anchorage. Starting from the Log Cabin Visitors Center at 4th Ave. and F Street, this self-guided tour offers both scenic and historic perspectives of the city

The Alaska Zoo

Since its incorporation in 1968, the zoo has successfully rehabilitated and placed many orphaned and injured animals. The Alaska Zoo is one of the most visited places in the state with annual attendance well over 200,000. Don't pass up the opportunity to experience a truly special place in Alaska. Attractions include Bald Eagles, Polar Bears, Musk Ox, Moose, Great Horned Owls, Snowy Owls, Caribou, Wolverines, Harbor Seals and many other species of animals, all in a park like setting.

Location
4731 O'Malley Road, Anchorage, AK 99516; (907) 346-3242

Directions: take 36th Avenue East to Lake Otis Parkway, right on Lake Otis, left on O'Malley Road, Zoo is on the left just past the golf course.

The Anchorage Museum of History and Art at the Rasmuson Center is a cultural center for the community and state. 121 West Seventh Avenue (7th & A Street) , Anchorage, AK 99501, (907) 343-4326
The Museum

  • Collects, preserves, exhibits and interprets cultural materials which illustrate the art and history of Alaska and the circumpolar North;
  • Maintains an active and diverse exhibition program which acquaints the community with the global spectrum of human artistic and cultural expression;
  • Provides a major cultural center for Anchorage where the community and its visitors meet, create, and learn through participation in the Museum programs and activities.

Directions: Take New Seward Highway to downtown, turn left on 5th Avenue, left on A Street. Museum is located on 7th and A Streets and takes one city block.

Alaska Native Heritage Center

Provides cultural experiences to residents and visitors of all ages. Much of the exhibit contect is interactive and demonstrative in nature, affording visitors an opportunity to not only examine the artifacts of the societies represented, but to actually meet the people and interact with them as they perform their craft. Lectures, exhibits, workshops and many other activities are available. Please call for details.

8800 Heritage Center Drive Anchorage, Alaska 99506

(907) 330-8000 - Phone, (800) 315-6608 - Toll Free, (907) 330-8030 - Fax

Directions: Take 36th East to Lake Ottis Parkway, left on Lake Ottis, right on Tudor Road, follow around the bend to the left as Tudor becomes Muldoon, follow another bend left as Muldoon becomes Oilwell Road, Heritage Center entrance is on the right just before Bartlett High School.