What it's like
The Skagway Museum and Archives keeps photographs and objects from Old Skaguay, the town as it stood in the years of the Klondike Gold Rush. Skagway was an important saltwater port then, when prospectors passed through on their way north to the goldfields.
A visit is short. The collection includes a Tlingit canoe, Bering Sea kayaks, a sleigh, gold rush tools and beadwork. It is a good first stop for the history behind the town before you walk the streets.
Good to know
- S.M.A.R.T. City Transit runs small buses around town.
Skagway Museum and Archives
A small downtown museum of Skagway's gold rush past and the Tlingit people who lived here first. Its collection holds a Tlingit canoe, Bering Sea kayaks and beadwork.
Tours that go here
Prices are per person, booked with our partner, Shore Excursions Group.
Skagway's Historic District
Six blocks of downtown Skagway along Broadway, lined with buildings from the late 1890s Gold Rush. You walk the boardwalks past saloons, shops and old offices.
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park Visitor Center
The park visitor center sits in the former Broadway Depot on Broadway in downtown Skagway. Inside, interactive exhibits tell the story of the 1897-98 gold rush to the Klondike.
Jeff. Smith's Parlor Museum
Jeff. Smith's Parlor Museum is a small Skagway museum in the former headquarters of the outlaw Soapy Smith. Its rooms are restored to the 1960s look, with gold rush artifacts and Skagway curiosities.
Chilkoot Trail
The Chilkoot Trail is a historic route through the Coast Mountains, from the Dyea trailhead out toward Bennett in British Columbia. Most people here walk a short section or a day hike.
The same kind of day, elsewhere
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