The museum is full of wonderful historical information and artifacts of Seward. The hours are 9:00am to 5:00pm seven days a week in the summer with a $2.00 admission fee. There are exhibits ranging from the 1964 earthquake; to the artist Rockwell Kent, who spent a Christmas on nearby Fox Island in 1918-1919; to an Iditarod trail display, telling the story of the sled dog route from Seward -ocean gateway to Alaska-to the gold fields of the Interior in the early 1900's; to information about Seward during World II; to a excellent collection of Native baskets. At 7:00pm on Monday, Wednesday and Friday there is a one hour film about the Iditarod trail.
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