About Us:

The Talkeetna Historical Society (THS) was founded in 1972 and incorporated with the State of Alaska in 1985, becoming a 501 c 3 nonprofit organization in 1989. The old Talkeetna School  has been home-base to the society since 1974 and serves as the first of three on-site museum buildings, housing a general collection of photographs, artifacts, and exhibits that celebrate Talkeetna’s rich Alaskan history. The second and third buildings–both of which are historical railroad buildings moved to the Talkeetna School downtown site–house a transportation exhibit and the mountaineering room, which features a room-sized three dimensional exhibit of the Alaska Range. Mountaineering talks are given daily during the summer months. The society owns a total of six historic buildings within Talkeetna’s nationally recognized historic district.