Juneau - downtown sites

Juneau-Douglas City Museum

This was another lovely local Alaskan museum, with exhibits on many facets of the history & culture here. 





State Capitol

The simple building has only a few ornaments, like the bas relief panels in the foyer, literally tucked between the 2 sets of entry doors.  





Sealaska Heritage Center

This beautiful museum tells of the Tlingit & Haida Native cultures. The centerpiece is a replica of a clan house, which visitors can go into. Modern clan houses are used for cultural events & celebrations & are generally closed to outsiders. 

   

Traditionally, 40-50 clan members would live in such a house, where cooking over the fire was done in the center, folks ate & did activities on the surrounding elevated level, & everyone slept on the upper level by the walls. 


The workmanship on this clan house amazed me. 


The exhibits included masks & outfits worn for dancing. 




The current artist-in-residence is a weaver - fascinating to watch. 


along the cruise ship docks

A float plane was landing, & others were lined up to take cruise ship passengers on flight-seeing tours. 




These whale tail sculptures line the cruise ship docks. 



Goldbelt Tram



misc around town





Meredith will appreciate these shots from Bullwinkle's Pizza Parlor. 


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