Of all the museums in town, the "Trail of '98" museum and bookstore is the most comprehensive. For only 2 dollars, you have access to Skagway's most treasured memorabilia, native artifacts (including a fine collection of baskets, bead work, and carvings), photographs and historical records of the past century. On display are items such as a Tlingit canoe, a Portland Cutter sleigh, Bering Sea kayaks, a WP&YR locomotive and caboose, and a 1931 Ford AA truck. Also exhibited are supplies, tools and gambling equipment used in the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898. Not a bad deal.
The Skagway Museum and Archives was first built in 1899 as McCabe Collage, Alaska's first college. The building, built out of native granite, was used as a school, court house, jail, and U.S. Marshall's office before becoming City Hall and Skagway Museum in 1961. Adults $2.00, Children $1.00, Children under 12 is free. Mo-Fr: 9am-5pm, Sat: 10am-5pm, Sun: 10am-4pm
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