Southeast Alaska Discovery Center

Program and Event SCHEDULE CHANGES!!!!!!

In an effort to give the best programming to our community and friends
we have made the following changes to our February Schedule.

-NO FRIDAY NIGHT INSIGHT on February 3
because of the Wearable Art Show.

2012 February Events

-NO MOVIE PRESENTATION on Saturday February 11 because the Center will host the annual
RELAY FOR LIFE Kickoff Party

A square photo of the outside of the entrance of the Ketchikan Southeast Alaska Discovery Center with evergreen trees on ether side...

USFS

Visitors entrance to the Southeast Alaska Discovery Center in Ketchikan Alaska.

Welcome
The Southeast Alaska Discovery Center, opened in 1995 and managed by the US Forest Service, is one of four Alaska Public Land Information Centers. The center contains exhibits and interactive displays on the land, people and culture of Southeast Alaska. A visitor can experience a temperate rainforest, witness a native fish camp, and view wildlife up close through a spotting scope. All this and more is just one block from the cruise ship docks at 50 Main Street in downtown Ketchikan.

forest-of-words poster created by tongass school

Artwork by Elizabeth Jackson, Tongass School of Arts and Sciences, Ketchikan

A Forest of Words
Youth Voices Celebrate the
Tongass National Forest

Tongass Historical Museum January 20 -February 25, 2012

This winter, the Tongass Historical Museum partners with USDA Forest Service to present forest-inspired works created by SE Alaska school children in A Forest of Words: Youth Voices Celebrate the Tongass National Forest. In early 2011, educational program packets were distributed to teachers throughout SE Alaska, and students completed personal reflection statements on the forest. These responses are expressed in the form of poetry, murals, watercolors, journals, and even videos included in the exhibit. Kindergarten through eighth grade students from Ketchikan, Yakutat, Prince of Wales Island communities, Wrangell and Petersburg participated in the program.

Call For Artists - Alaska Hummingbird Festival Juried Art Show
The Alaska Hummingbird Festival is just around the corner. The Alaska Hummingbird Festival Juried Art Show is an educational program to promote awareness of the spring migratory birds of Southeast Alaska through creative arts.

Important Dates:
Entry Deadline: Friday, March 30, 2012
Reception and Exhibit: Friday, April 6, 2012

For more information about the art show and entry guidelines Download the Entry Form Here

Ketchikan Festival Bird

April is the Hummingbird Festival
and there are fun and exciting
events happening all month.
Festival Schedule of Events!