Events & Programs
Curious about history and your community? Looking for Inspiration? Ketchikan Museums offer events and programs for every interest.
Take a class, be part of a community discussion, get tips on how to document your own family’s history and much more.
Events & Programs
Curious about history and your community? Looking for Inspiration? Ketchikan Museums offer events and programs for every interest.
Take a class, be part of a community discussion, get tips on how to document your own family’s history and much more.
WHAT’S COMING UP
Event Calendar
Browse below to see our upcoming events or programs.
Zombie Salmon Hunt
Friday, October 30, 2026 and Saturday, October 31, 2026 1:00 - 5:00 PM Tongass Historical Museum
Something unnaturally fishy is happening at your museum! We’ve received reports that salmon from the creek have come back from the dead, and these zombie salmon are hiding throughout the museum. Your mission? Hunt them down before they take over!
This spooky scavenger hunt is FREE and open to all ages with both easy to find fish…and more challenging. Good luck, and stay alert. These fish are dying to be found!
50th Anniversary Opening Reception
Friday, November 6, 2026 5:00 - 7:00 PM Totem Heritage Center
Mark your calendars for the opening reception of a new exhibit and help us celebrate 50 years!
The Totem Heritage Center opened in 1976, stewarding the world's largest collection of original 19th century totem poles and serving as a Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian cultural center. This fall, we celebrate 50 years of the Heritage Center’s long-standing partnership with Alaska Native elders and organizations, artists, teachers, students, and our community working together to preserve the totem poles for future generations. The Center’s Native Arts Studies Program is dedicated to perpetuating Northwest Coast Native art and tradition. Since the Heritage Center opened, we have offered more than 700 classes and workshops in weaving, basketry, design, carving, regalia making, and more. We celebrate the past 50 years and look forward to the future!
** 50th Anniversary Commemorative Design: We are pleased to announce that Miilgm Ts’amtii, Michael Jasson Milne's design, Spirit of Ketchikan Creek, was chosen as the Totem Heritage Center's 50th Anniversary commemorative design.
At the top of the design is the Salmon head and fins, representing the Salmon that return to the waters every season. In the middle is the upside down head representing the strength of the current and the side designs representing the lush alder and sand covered banks. On the bottom, Spirit faces and centered eyes represent those who live on the land and the careful watch we hold over Ketchikan Creek.
We are excited to share this design with all of you, and to celebrate with you in November!