Juneau-Douglas City Museum

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Juneau Memorial Library | nrhp_type = | image = Memorial library in juneau alaska by noehill.jpg | caption = | location = 114 West Fourth Street, [[Juneau, Alaska]] | coordinates = {{coord|58|18|7|N|134|24|41|W|display=inline,title,source:ProprioMeOW}} | locmapin = USA Alaska Juneau#USA Alaska | built = 1950-51 | architect = [[Harold B. Foss|Foss & Malcolm]] | architecture = Classical Revival | added = June 7, 2006 | area = less than one acre | refnum = 06000463<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> | designated_other1 = Alaska Heritage Resources Survey | designated_other1_name = Alaska Heritage Resources Survey | designated_other1_color = #A8EDEF | designated_other1_abbr = AHRS | designated_other1_number = JUN-00038 | designated_other1_num_position = bottom }} The '''Juneau-Douglas City Museum''' is located at the corner of 4th and Main, opposite the [[Alaska State Capitol]] in [[Juneau, Alaska]]. It occupies a building which was built in 1950–51 to house the '''Juneau Memorial Library'''. It is a two-story Classical Revival structure built out of concrete with red marble trim elements. A gable-roofed projecting section at the center of the long wall provides the main entrance, which is recessed in an opening the full height to the pediment. This projecting section is flanked by banks of five metal-framed awning windows. The northeast facade has a gable pediment similar to that of the entry projection, below which is a large rectangular window, behind which a stained glass decoration has been installed. The building served the city as its library until the 1980s, at which time it was repurposed to house the city museum.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=06000463}}|title=NRHP nomination for Juneau Memorial Library|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2014-10-30}}</ref>

The museum's exhibits include gold mining, hydropower, skiing, outdoor recreation, fishing, politics and city history. Outside the museum sits ''Harnessing of the Atom,'' a [[totem pole]] carved by [[Tlingit]] artist [[Amos Wallace]] in 1967.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Buttner |first1=Natalie |title=Conservation of 58-year-old totem pole at city museum begins |url=https://www.juneauindependent.com/post/conservation-of-58-year-old-totem-pole-at-city-museum-begins |access-date=11 April 2026 |work=Juneau Independent |date=July 23, 2025}}</ref> The [[Wooshkeetaan Kootéeyaa]] and [[Áakʼw Kootéeyaa]], located offsite, are in the museum's permanent collection.<ref name="Maguire">{{Cite web |last=Maguire |first=Sean |date=2022-03-15 |title=Telling Alaska’s Story: Wooshkeetaan totem pole stands again in Juneau |url=https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/03/15/telling-alaskas-story-wooshkeetaan-totem-pole-stands-again-juneau/ |access-date=2026-04-15 |website=[[Alaska's News Source]] |language=en}}</ref>

The building was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2006.<ref name="nris"/>

==See also== *[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Juneau, Alaska]]

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==External links== {{commons category|Juneau Memorial Library}} * [http://www.juneau.org/library/museum/index.php Juneau-Douglas City Museum website]

[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1951]] [[Category:History museums in Alaska]] [[Category:Museums in Juneau, Alaska]] [[Category:Neoclassical architecture in Alaska]]