PRATT MUSEUM

established in 1968

Membership amid Renovation

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As you may know, the Pratt Museum is currently under renovation and closed to the public. Our grand-reopening is scheduled for May 3, 2019, so what should our Members do in the meantime?
Now is a great time to become or renew your membership status with us, here’s why:
     We are honoring all current and new memberships with an extension on all annual membership levels per your renewal date. Renew before December 31, 2018 and your membership won’t expire for 20 months. What a great deal to make the most of your membership! 
     Here are some other ways to keep connected with the Pratt while we are closed:

     To add ROAM to a current membership, subscribe to our e-newsletter, or if you have any questions, contact us at 235-8635 or email. All current and soon-to-expire members will be receiving letters with their membership information in October.
     We look forward to seeing you at the Pratt soon and showing off our improvements and new programs when we open the doors next May!

Renovation Progress 10/9/18

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Things are moving quickly along! Since September, museum staff and volunteers have relocated the whole of collections storage into the former store and special exhibits gallery, which won’t be affected during this phase of construction. Beachy Construction has begun work to renovate the front deck and entry, and erected a dust barricade to protect the permanent gallery (and overflow storage) from their work to install a new ramp to the marine gallery. The downstairs is completely gutted and preparing for a whole new life as dedicated storage and classroom space! Walls are going away upstairs as we get a glimpse of a new, wide open gallery space!

Landfalls

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Dedications to Alaskan Women Writers and Storytellers

“With it, we are joined, and continue” Joan Naviyuk Kane. Found images, photographs, blueberry-dyed paper and gauze, fish leather, and encaustic on hand-cut scrap metal Words from her poem, “Anchorage,” in The Cormorant Hunter’s Wife. 8″ x 10″

How do we know, relate to, and narrate the complexities of living in the North? What words resonate with us when we talk, hear, or read about the place we call home? What sparks us to learn more, change our behavior, and show empathy towards a place and its people? These questions inspired Haines artist Katie Ione Craney to create a new series of work based on deciphering the roles of women within the literary and physical landscape.

Opening reception: Friday, August 3, 5-7 p.m.

Reflecting Upon 50 Years of the Pratt Museum

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The Pratt Museum has been a part of the Kachemak Bay region for 50 years! Do you have a fond memory or story of the Pratt Museum that you’d like to share? We’re collecting reflections in any form: stories, poems, haiku, et cetera!

Compiled contributions will be gathering into a publication to debut in 2019.

Please complete the following form with your story. If you’d like to add more, or send a flashback photo, send to info@prattmuseum.org.

Thank you for being a part of the Museum!