Kodiak History Museum

Kodiak History Museum preserves the history of the Kodiak Archipelago and Aleutian Islands in one of Alaska’s most important surviving Russian-era buildings. Built around 1810 as a Russian-American Company storage facility in Pavlovsk, the first permanent Russian settlement in North America, it is the oldest of four surviving Russian-built structures in Alaska. After the transfer to American control, the building passed through commercial and residential use before the Kodiak Historical Society began maintaining it in 1967 as museum and office space. Despite later alterations and earthquake damage, important original features remain, and its significance was recognized through landmark and register designations in the 1960s.

Kodiak, Alaska · United States