点评:Plenty of people will love this museum, just as reviews show, but I was shocked and disturbed nearly the entire time. First off, this museum is overpriced at $22 ($16 if you’re an Alaskan resident), plus $1.50 an hour for parking on weekdays. I’m a browser, but I only spent 1 hour here. But I could overlook the price tag if it didn’t so heavily glorify hunting and cover more than half of the museum in taxidermy, bloody hunting art, tools and clothing made of animal skin and fur, and have a big centerpiece of a murdered whale. I’m fully aware hunting and animal use is part of Alaskan culture, historically and presently, but it did not present it solely factually, and it overdoes it. It passionately presents it as the correct way to live, as shown in the whaling description, which was funded by the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission. I understand there is cultural significance of hunting and whaling, especially for Alaska Natives still today, but it all left little room in the museum to showcase artwork and sculptures of living animals and the beauty of Alaska’s nature. For a museum to be so blatantly pro-hunting and even pro-whaling is disheartening and not family-friendly. However, I did very much enjoy the small Natural Wonders exhibit of photographer Michio Hoshino, and I wish there was more of his work and the like. This small museum did an excellent job with their displays and covered a lot of Alaskan history, but it was most certainly not for me, nor is it likely a good visit for other animal lovers either.
翻译:正如评论所显示的那样,很多人会喜欢这家博物馆,但我几乎全程都感到震惊和不安。首先,这家博物馆门票价格过高,22美元(阿拉斯加居民16美元),工作日停车费每小时1.5美元。我只是随便逛逛,所以只待了一个小时。如果它不是如此大肆美化狩猎,不是用动物标本、血腥的狩猎艺术品、动物皮毛制成的工具和服装占据了博物馆一半以上的空间,甚至还摆放着一头被猎杀的鲸鱼作为中心展品,我或许还能接受这个价格。我完全理解狩猎和动物利用是阿拉斯加文化的一部分,无论过去还是现在,但博物馆并没有客观地呈现这些内容,而是过度渲染。它热情洋溢地将其描绘成正确的生活方式,正如由阿拉斯加爱斯基摩捕鲸委员会资助的捕鲸描述部分所展现的那样。我理解狩猎和捕鲸具有重要的文化意义,尤其对阿拉斯加原住民而言,至今仍是如此。但这却占据了博物馆的大部分空间,使得展出活体动物的艺术作品和雕塑,以及展现阿拉斯加自然美景的篇幅显得捉襟见肘。一家博物馆如此明目张胆地支持狩猎甚至捕鲸,实在令人失望,也并不适合家庭参观。不过,我确实很喜欢摄影师星野道夫的小型“自然奇观”展览,希望以后能看到更多他的作品。这家小型博物馆在展览布置方面做得非常出色,涵盖了许多阿拉斯加历史,但它显然并不适合我,对其他动物爱好者来说,可能也并非理想的参观地点。