Anchorage Museum of History & Art

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This already impressive museum, a showcase for the state's history, art and indigenous culture, is undergoing a total renovation that will almost double its size when it's finished in 2009. It will have glass walls housing exhibits, large windows framing views of Anchorage and an observation area where visitors can gaze at the Alaska Range.

Known as the 'Painter of the North', Sydney Laurence (1865-1940) is given due honour here. His most impressive work, a painting of Mt McKinley, is the centrepiece of the historical art collection; there is also a room devoted to oils by the artist, who divided his life between panning for gold and painting.