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Crossroads Alask was born out of a larger
"Crossroads" concept, which was first developed through the major international exhibition Crossroads of Continents: Cultures of Siberia and Alaska (1988-1992), and through a symposium
held in Washington, D.C., in September 1988, both under the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution's
Arctic Studies Center. Two volumes were published, the exhibition catalogue (edited by William W. Fitzhugh
and Aron Crowell), and the acts of the symposium under the title Anthropology of the North Pacific
Rim (edited by William W. Fitzhugh and Valérie Chaussonnet). The idea for Crossroads
Alaska, a more compact and easily travelled exhibition, came from regret at being unable to bring
the original Crossroads exhibit to locations where the artifacts originated (except, in Alaska, at the
Anchorage Museum of History and Art). Crossroads Alaska was organized by the Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, under the direction of William W. Fitzhugh and curated by Valérie Chaussonnet. The exhibition was designed, edited, and produced by the Office of Exhibits Central, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. The Alaska tour was coordinated by Coordinator Extrordinaire Jean Flanagan Carlo, Fairbanks, Alaska |
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