The exhibition was launched in October of 2020 and includes a video interview with a local woman cutting seal meat and an Elder of Shishmaref, Alaska recorded by Sarah Betcher.
Click below to check out the virtual exhibit at the British Museum.
Click below to check out the virtual exhibit at the British Museum.
"The revitalized Northwest Coast Hall features new exhibits developed with Indigenous communities and showcases the creativity, scholarship, and history of the living cultures of the Pacific Northwest." https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/northwest-coast
As of May 2022, The Northwest Coast Hall of the American Museum of National History houses an interview segment at the Tlingit digital kiosk with Kingeistí David Katzeek, recorded and edited by Sarah Betcher. |
Click below to view information about the exhibit.
The museum houses interactive exhibits featuring the natural landscape, Gold Dredging, Fishing, Alaska Native artwork, and the town of Nome from its Tent City beginnings to its present-day role as a regional hub, a miner’s tent, audio recordings in one of Nome’s old telephone booths and a mini-theatre for even more tales from Nome’s early days. |
Sarah Betcher produced films for the refurbished museum exhibit in 2017, including a film in the
interactive Gold Dredges exhibit, as well as a Culture of Fishing exhibit.
interactive Gold Dredges exhibit, as well as a Culture of Fishing exhibit.
"The museum's exhibits are the best introduction to Alaska’s diverse wildlife, people, and landscapes." https://www.uaf.edu/museum/exhibits/index.php
Ties to Alaska's Wild Plants - Ethnobotany Film Series.
Ethnographic filmmaker Sarah Betcher has produced a film series designed to teach viewers about the many traditional Alaskan indigenous ways of using wild plants for food, medicine, and construction materials. The 8 Iñupiat films are now part of a permanent exhibit in the Gallery of Alaska.
Ethnographic filmmaker Sarah Betcher has produced a film series designed to teach viewers about the many traditional Alaskan indigenous ways of using wild plants for food, medicine, and construction materials. The 8 Iñupiat films are now part of a permanent exhibit in the Gallery of Alaska.