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The City of Ketchikan Museum Department preserves and interprets the history of Ketchikan and Southeast Alaska for the benefit of present and future residents and visitors to our community. The Department operates two museums: the Tongass Historical Museum and the Totem Heritage Center. Together, the museums offer a wide array of permanent and temporary exhibitions, public presentations, educational programs, classes, and workshops.

Ketchikan is a city in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, United States, and the southeasternmost sizable city in that state. With an estimated population of 7,368 in 2007, it is the fifth most populous city in the state.
Ketchikan is located on Revillagigedo Island, 90 miles (145 km) north of Prince Rupert, British Columbia and 235 miles (378 km) south of Juneau, Alaska.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.1 sq mi (10.7 km²). 3.4 sq mi (8.7 km²) of it is land and 0.8 sq mi (2.0 km²) of it (18.60%) is water.
* Average annual rainfall is 152 inches (3,900 mm); annual average snowfall is 37 inches (94 cm).
* The average high temperature in July is 65 °F (18 °C), and the average high temperature in January is 39 °F (4 °C). Read the rest of this entry »

Alaska is the largest state of the United States of America by area; it is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait. Approximately half of Alaska’s 683,478 residents reside within the Anchorage metropolitan area. As of 2007, Alaska remains the least densely populated state. Read the rest of this entry »