Pratt Museum

The Pratt Museum is located in Homer, Alaska, on the shores of Kachemak Bay, approximately 200 miles south of Anchorage, on the Kenai Peninsula. Kachemak Bay, located on the southeast part of Cook Inlet, is circled by mountains, glaciers, and active volcanoes. The region’s four national parks, five national wildlife refuges, state parks and critical habitat areas support a diversity of wildlife, from seabirds and sea lions to brown bears and the endangered humpback whale. Kachemak Bay is the largest of 29 sites in the National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) in the nation, and the only one in Alaska. The Pratt Museum is the only interdisciplinary museum in the 25,600-square-mile area of the Kenai Peninsula. It serves a regional population of more than 40,000 and hosts around 15,000 visitors each year. "Where we are shapes who we are, and we, in turn, shape our place." The Museum's award-winning exhibits emerge from community collaborations and propel visitors beyond Museum walls to historic and contemporary life around Kachemak Bay, providing an intimate means of understanding people and place. The grounds of the Museum include the historic Harrington cabin, botanical and homestead gardens, and a forested trail system. The Pratt Museum is located on the ancestral lands of the Sugpiaa, Alutiia, and Dena'ina People.