Museum Summer Hours
Open Daily, 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Ongoing Events

• Stewardship Exhibit (Bears, Beetles and Darkened Waters)
  
  • This exhibit tells stories of promise and loss in our region. Topics include: Nature's Hand: Our Falling Forest,
  • Brown Bears of the Kenai: A Population At Risk
  • A Sanctuary for Bears: The Rise of Bears
  • A Man-Made Disaster: Darkened Waters: Profile of an Oil Spill
  In the Museum's Lower Level.
• Fish Feeding - Every Tuesday and Friday at 4:00 p.m in the Marine Room
• Forest Ecology Trail - A self-guided ecology trail system behind the Museum workshop. Since this is an outdoor exhibition, be alert to changing weather conditions.
• Harrington Homestead Cabin - South of the Museum across the parking lot, a historic cabin used by many hard-working homesteaders in the area.
• Botanical Garden - A botanical array of 150 local species; each turn of the trail opens to a new community of flora. The garden is in front of the Museum. Garden tours are scheduled weekly. Call the Museum for dates and times.
• Museum Store - Open during Museum hours, and available 24 hours online, shoppers are admitted free of charge. Books, games and educational toys are available as well as Alaskan art and jewelry. Proceeds support Museum programs.
• Seeking Volunteers, Gallery Hosts, and Tour Docents - What are you doing this summer? Do you like people, animals, forest trails, gardens, sharing ideas and information? If so, the Pratt Museum is the place for you! Flexible hous are available to suit your busy schedule. Please contact Pam Kocer (907)235-8635 x. 26 for more information.

June 2003

• SeeBird Camera - See LIVE footage are available. from Gull Island. Get beak to nose with puffins, cormorants, kittiwakes and other Kachemak Bay seabirds! For the sixth summer you can control the SeeBirdCam from the comfort of the Pratt Museum's Marine Gallery. This unique opportunity is made possible through an education partnership between the Seldovia Native Association and the Homer Society of Natural History and with funding from the Toyota USA and National Fish and Wildlife Foundations.
• Wetlands - In Upper Gallery. More details are available.
• Facing the Elements - Ninth annual outdoor art exhibition. More details are available.
• 1^st Annual Ornament Series - The Pratt Museum invites local artisans to submit entries for the creation of a limited edition ornament for the new Pratt Museum ornament series. More information is available.
• Historic Harbor Walking Tour - Each Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 3 pm. This wakling tour features local history, a memorable array of local characters, boats of all types, and fresh seafood products. Your guide will meet you at the Pratt Museum wheelhouse booth (next to the Salty Dawg). Tickets are $5.00 per person and are available at the Museum or from your guide.
• 2003 Summer Film Series - Daily at 11 am, 1 pm, 2:30 pm, 4:30 pm in the Pratt Museum's lower level. This year's films seies includes: Alaska's Grizzlies, America's Biggest Oil Spill, Legacy of an Oil Spill - 10 years after Exxon Valdez and Longline Pioneers. Films are 30-45 minutes each.

July 2003

• SeeBird Camera - See LIVE footage from Gull Island. Get beak to nose with puffins, cormorants, kittiwakes and other Kachemak Bay seabirds! For the sixth summer you can control the SeeBirdCam from the comfort of the Pratt Museum's Marine Gallery. This unique opportunity is made possible through an education partnership between the Seldovia Native Association and the Homer Society of Natural History and with funding from the Toyota USA and National Fish and Wildlife Foundations.
• Wetlands - In Upper Gallery. More details are available. Ends July 6.
• Facing the Elements - Ninth annual outdoor art exhibition. More details are available.
• Fire and Ice - Opening reception Friday, July 11 from 5 to 6:30 pm. Photographs of glaciers, icebergs and volcanoes by Carmen Field and Vrad Lewis (internationally published). Fiber pieces by Kenai Peninsula artists. Scientific text and stories revealing the magic of these gelogical phenomena will accompany the images.
• Historic Harbor Walking Tour - Each Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 3 pm. This wakling tour features local history, a memorable array of local characters, boats of all types, and fresh seafood products. Your guide will meet you at the Pratt Museum wheelhouse booth (next to the Salty Dawg). Tickets are $5.00 per person and are available at the Museum or from your guide.
• 2003 Summer Film Series - Daily at 11 am, 1 pm, 2:30 pm, 4:30 pm in the Pratt Museum's lower level. This year's films seies includes: Alaska's Grizzlies, America's Biggest Oil Spill, Legacy of an Oil Spill - 10 years after Exxon Valdez and Longline Pioneers. Films are 30-45 minutes each.

August 2003

• SeeBird Camera - See LIVE footage from Gull Island. Get beak to nose with puffins, cormorants, kittiwakes and other Kachemak Bay seabirds! For the sixth summer you can control the SeeBirdCam from the comfort of the Pratt Museum's Marine Gallery. This unique opportunity is made possible through an education partnership between the Seldovia Native Association and the Homer Society of Natural History and with funding from the Toyota USA and National Fish and Wildlife Foundations.
• Facing the Elements - Ninth annual outdoor art exhibition. More details are available.
• Fire and Ice - Photographs of glaciers, icebergs and volcanoes by Carmen Field and Vrad Lewis (internationally published). Fiber pieces by Kenai Peninsula artists. Scientific text and stories revealing the magic of these gelogical phenomena will accompany the images.
• Historic Harbor Walking Tour - Each Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 3 pm. This wakling tour features local history, a memorable array of local characters, boats of all types, and fresh seafood products. Your guide will meet you at the Pratt Museum wheelhouse booth (next to the Salty Dawg). Tickets are $5.00 per person and are available at the Museum or from your guide.
• 2003 Summer Film Series - Daily at 11 am, 1 pm, 2:30 pm, 4:30 pm in the Pratt Museum's lower level. This year's films seies includes: Alaska's Grizzlies, America's Biggest Oil Spill, Legacy of an Oil Spill - 10 years after Exxon Valdez and Longline Pioneers. Films are 30-45 minutes each.