The Alaska State Museu will be closed in February 2014 and will reopen in the new State Library, Archives and Museum (SLAM) building in April 2016.
The new 118,000 square-foot facility, located at 395 Whittier Street, will feature a gift store, cafeteria, auditorium, classroom, reading room, museum galleries, research room, historical library, and state archives all under one roof.