New Featured Exhibit Cruisin' the Fossil Coastline

Opens Friday, March 3, 2023, through January 2024 at the Tongass Historical Museum 

Travel to the prehistoric past with Cruisin' the Fossil Coastline at the Tongass Historical Museum. Be prepared to look at the world in a whole new way in this "epoch" exhibit on Alaska fossils. Cruisin' the Fossil Coastline is an imaginative blending of science and art – polar dinosaurs, giant marine reptiles, palm filled forests, to tiny trilobites and much more. 

Artist Ray Troll and paleontologist Kirk Johnson, director of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, logged more than 10,000 miles and 250 days traveling the North American coast in search of fossils and the stories they tell. They visited museums, dove into research collections, hung out with fellow scientists and artists, and visited active dig sites via automobiles, small airplanes, and boats.

This exhibit focuses on their fossil adventures with highlights from Southeast Alaska and the remarkable stories that fossils reveal. Learn about the history of life on Earth punctuated by killer asteroids and mass extinctions. Discover the ancient geology of prehistoric Alaska and its giant marine reptiles, the ichthyosaurs, found on nearby islands. Come face to face with a giant Ice Age bear and its cousins in the sea, the seals and sea lions. On display for the first time are Ray's original field books and sketches from when he was cruisin' the fossil coastline.

Cruisin' the Fossil Coastline Exhibit Opening
Tongass Historical Museum
Friday, March 3, 2023
5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

A special Saturday Museum Midday: Cruisin' Alaska's Fossil Coastline
Ketchikan Museums in partnership with USDA Forest Service Southeast Alaska Discovery Center
Featuring Ray Troll, Dr. Pat Druckenmiller, and Jim Baichtal 
Southeast Alaska Discovery Center
Saturday, March 4, 2023
2:00 p.m.

Cruisin' the Fossil Coastline Family Fun Day 
Tongass Historical Museum
Saturday, April 1, 2023 
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Posted: Mon, 6 Feb. 2023
Expires: Fri, 7 Apr. 2023

Get your COLLECTIONS ready to buy sell or trade. This will be happening in the Plaza Mall on Saturday the 11th of February from 9am to 4pm. The one we had in August of 2022 it was a blast. Let’s get together again.

Posted: Fri, 30 Dec. 2022
Expires: Mon, 13 Feb. 2023