Alaska Room Project

FAIN: CHA-276775-21

Anchorage Library Foundation (Anchorage, AK 99503-6055)
Sarah Preskitt (Project Director: May 2020 to present)

The construction of a new Alaska Room within the library’s main building, to include furnishings, fixtures, and technical equipment; and the renovation of two nearby meeting rooms.

The Anchorage Library Foundation seeks an Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grant for the Alaska Room project in the Loussac Library, the flagship library of the Anchorage Public Library. The Alaska Room represents more than an updated space to house the Alaska Collection that is free from water damage; it will be a welcoming learning and gathering space that acknowledges the diversity of cultures that make up Alaska’s largest city. A record of our past as well as a bridge to our future, the Alaska Room will bring us together in a public space to celebrate our cultures, learn about our shared history, exchange ideas and backgrounds, and engage in civic dialog and action.