Saturday 19 December 2015

University of Alaska and Museum of the North, Fairbanks

On the university campus of Fairbanks, you find the modern building of Museum of the North. It is an incredible construction in shiny white with unusual shapes, curves, triangles, open circular spaces inside. Just spectacular.

The museum itself shares with visitors the life in Alaska. It is not only focusing on wildlife and nature but also on culture. There are and were many social and populations groups in this 49th State: Indians, Eskimo’s, Native Americans and Russians. The Russians were in Alaska to hunt animals for their fur. Once the wildlife was thinned to the extreme, the Russians lost interest in Alaska. Today you still see in each city fur shops which is cruel but also understandable in a region where temperatures drop below minus 50.

Many of the Alaskan immigrants came here to search for gold and natural resources. Some of them became super rich, most of them did it in vain. A more modern exhibition was the Rose Berry Art Gallery with a very nice statue of a bear. Some of the paintings also grabbed our attention.

Op de universiteitscampus van Fairbanks vind je het modern gebouw van Museum of the North. Het is een ongelooflijk bouwwerk in blinkend wit met onconventionele vormen, bogen, driehoeken en cirkelvormige open ruimtes binnen in. Gewoon spectaculair. 

Het museum deelt het leven van Alaska met zijn bezoekers. Niet alleen richtend op de wilde dieren en de natuur maar ook op de cultuur. Er waren en zijn veel verschillende bevolkingsgroepen in deze 49de Staat: indianen, Eskimo’s, geboren Amerikanen en Russen. De Russen waren in Alaska voor de jacht op dieren omwille van het bont. Eens de meeste dieren uitgeroeid waren verloren de Russen hun interesse in Alaska. Vandaag zie je nog steeds bontwinkels in iedere stad, een teken van wreedheid maar ook soms begrijpelijk daar hier de temperaturen soms kouder als minus 50 graden worden. 

Vele van de immigranten kwamen hier voor hun zoektocht naar goud of andere natuurlijke rijkdommen. Sommigen werden stinkend rijk, voor de meesten was het echter een verloren zaak. Een meer moderne tentoonstelling stond in de Rose Berry galerij met een heel leuk beeldhouwwerk van een beer. Enkele schilderwerken grepen onze aandacht. 
 
Museum of the North Fairbanks

Museum of the North Fairbanks

Museum of the North Fairbanks

Museum of the North Fairbanks

Museum of the North Fairbanks bear

Museum of the North Fairbanks eagle

Museum of the North Fairbanks totem

Museum of the North Fairbanks indian

Museum of the North Fairbanks gold diggers

Museum of the North Fairbanks polar bear

Museum of the North Fairbanks

Museum of the North Fairbanks Rose Berry

Museum of the North Fairbanks bear

Museum of the North Fairbanks

Museum of the North Fairbanks

Museum of the North Fairbanks paintings

Museum of the North Fairbanks

Previous Fairbanks article: Cuddling a big hot painted pipe in Fairbanks

Previous Museum article: History of Fairbanks at the Pioneer Park

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12 comments:

  1. Bijzonder mooi dit alles hoor, en fraai in beeld gebracht Filip.

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  2. The university looks modern and the shape is orioginal

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  3. that polar bear looks alive

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  4. Awesome staircase. Doesn't the bear look awesome..can understand them having real fur for clothes, it's all they had/have to keep warm.

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  5. lijkt mij een heel interessant museum Filip.
    (Leuk dat ik je aan de naam van het restaurant toevallig kon helpen. Ik hoor wel eens als jullie er geweest zijn. Behalve menukaart en bediening is er de laatste 25 jaar niets veranderd.)
    Ik wens jullie heel fijne feestdagen en een gezond en gelukkig, dansend en bruisend 2016. Liefs Dietmut

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  6. mooie lijnen in deze moderne architectuur Filip...

    en dat museum lijkt me ook de moeite waard

    groeten

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  7. speciaal en mooi gebouw met veel interessants in

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