established in 1968
Congratulations to Billie Fischer of Glendora CA, winner of “Alaskan Treasures”, the large quilt.Due to observance of federal holidays, the Pratt will be closed Friday, December 23 through December 26; and closed Friday and Saturday, December 30 and 31.
We will be open especially for the Holiday Recital, new staff Reception, and Quilt Raffle on Sunday, December 11 from 1 to 4 p.m. Visit us during open days starting on the 11th to enjoy discounts and free gifts in the museum store!
The Pratt Museum will be closed during the month of January.
Wish wish all of our community a safe and joyous holiday season, and look forward to seeing you in the New Year!
Have you ever kept a diary or journal? Had the opportunity to peruse the personal writing of your ancestors? Several diaries and journals are held in the collections of the Pratt Museum: their stories range from weather reports and moose sightings to extended narrative and personal reflection. Often the written word leaves much to be imagined, and could serve as a jumping-off point for something more.
The Pratt Museum is excited to present Inspired by Diaries, featuring artwork inspired by personal and historical diaries. Also on exhibit will be numerous excerpts and original historical diaries from the Pratt Collections.
Like many historic institutions that emerged in the latter half of the 21st century, the Pratt has a lurid, less well-known founding mission: to document the undocumented and unexplained, specifically the extraterrestrial alien unknown. Due to filing issues, the shuffle of organizational merges and departmental shifts, the original founding documents and primary collections of the Pratt Museum were lost over time. However, a recent inventory and re-housing project uncovered several objects that shifted the entire paradigm of our understanding for the museum’s collections. This exhibit shares a few of the stories associated with Kachemak Bay’s extraterrestrial history over the last century. . . . Or does it? Join us for October 7-29, and see if you can distinguish between fact or fiction!