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Alaska State Museum
The outstanding Alaska State Museum is near Centennial Hall and houses artifacts from Alaska's major indigenous groups, including the famous Lincoln totem, Aleut baskets and birdskin parkas. There are also displays relating to the state's Russian period and major gold strikes, while a circular ramp winds around an impressive diorama: a two-story-high tree holding a full-size eagle's nest.
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Juneau-Douglas City Museum
The Juneau-Douglas City Museum focuses on local goldmining history with interesting displays and the video Juneau: City Built On Gold . Booklets on the Perseverance Trail and the Treadwell Mine Historic Trail are available and, if you're a hiker, the museum's 7ft-long relief map is the best overview of the area's rugged terrain other than a helicopter ride.
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Last Chance Mining Museum
Amble out to the end of Basin Rd, a beautiful half-mile walk from the north end of Gastineau Ave, to the intriguing Last Chance Mining Museum . The former Alaska-Juneau Gold Mining Company complex is now a museum where you can view the remains of the compressor house and examine tools of what was once the world's largest hard-rock goldmine. There is an impressive 3-D glass map of shafts that shows just how large it was.
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Twin Lakes Park
The City of Juneau maintains a wonderful system of parks, offering more than just playscapes. Twin Lakes Park, just past the hospital, is stocked with king salmon and equipped with a fishing pier. There's also a solar-system trail around the lake that provides a realistic idea how far each planet is from the sun.
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