A major traveling exhibition of extraordinary 19th and 20th century objects made by Yup’ik people, combined with interactive elements that reveal the Yup’ik peoples’ sophisticated understanding of the phenomenological and material world around them. Organized by Ann Fienup-Riordan in collaboration with the Yup’ik people of central Alaska and the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center
(Photos © Chris Arend, photographer, and the Anchorage Museum Rasmuson Center.)
Date: 2008
Client: Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center
Role: Consulting Exhibit Developer
Funder: National Science Foundation #0515387
Footprint: 10,000 square feet
Venue: Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center
Collaborators: Ann Riorden, Suzi Jones, Beverly Serrell, Presentation Design Group, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
Link: Yuungnaqpiallerput / The Way We Genuinely Live: Masterworks of Yup'ik Science and Survival