Sealaska Heritage Institute
The Walter Soboleff Building holds monumental formline glass, a hand-adzed clan house, exhibitions, archives, and language work.
Artwork inspired by Nathan Jackson
Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian art makes the building itself an interpretive object. The Walter Soboleff Building holds monumental formline glass, a hand-adzed clan house, exhibitions, archives, and language work. Its strongest lesson is that Northwest Coast art is a living intellectual system, not a decorative motif.
Enter slowly enough to read the exterior and interior monumental art before moving into the clan house and exhibition gallery. The heritage store and exhibits may follow different hours, and the clan house can be occupied by programs or community events. A slower reading of clan house makes monumental glass more intelligible and keeps the visit anchored in this particular Alaska setting.
- Opened
- 2015
- Peoples
- Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian
- Building
- Walter Soboleff
Quick guide
- Start with
- Enter slowly enough to read the exterior and interior monumental art before moving into the clan house and exhibition gallery.
- Look closely at
- Look for the practical link between clan house and monumental glass, including what changes with season or use.
Know before you go
- Start with
- Enter slowly enough to read the exterior and interior monumental art before moving into the clan house and exhibition gallery.
- Look closely at
- Look for the practical link between clan house and monumental glass, including what changes with season or use.
- Connect the story
- The Walter Soboleff Building holds monumental formline glass, a hand-adzed clan house, exhibitions, archives, and language work. Northwest Coast art emerges as a living intellectual system, not decoration.
- Plan around
- Allow 1½–3 hours. The heritage store and exhibits may follow different hours, and the clan house can be occupied by programs or community events.
Good to know
The heritage store and exhibits may follow different hours, and the clan house can be occupied by programs or community events.
Notice these
- clan house
- monumental glass
- formline structure