Anchorage Museum Offers Science Exhibition

The interactive hands-on exhibition “Yuungnaqpiallerput (The Way We Genuinely Live): Masterworks of Yup’ik Science and Survival,” presents more than 200 remarkable 19th and early 20th century tools, containers, weapons, watercraft and clothing in an exploration of the scientific principles and processes that allowed these people to survive in the sub-arctic tundra of the Bering Sea coast.

These tools, from the collections of 13 museums in the U.S. and Germany, illustrate the intimate relationship between humans and their environment. The Way We Genuinely Live taps the power of the past to reveal the intelligence and ingenuity of this ancient culture and the ways their rich traditions continue to live on. Below are programs scheduled in conjunction with this exhibition, which is on view through Oct. 26:

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday: April 9 through 13

Chuna McIntyre will demonstrate traditional skin sewing. Martina John will make a seal gut rain coat.

Curator’s Gallery Talk: 1 to 2 p.m. Sunday, April 13, May 18

Join the anthropologist and exhibit curator Ann Fienup-Riordan for a special tour of Yuungnaqpiallerput (The Way We Genuinely Live): Masterworks of Yup’ik Science and Survival. -- www.anchoragemuseum.org