The Dawson City Museum is located in the Yukon's premier heritage building, the Old Territorial Administration Building, in Dawson City, the golden heart of the Klondike. This not-for-profit corporation is governed by a 6-person board of trustees, has two full-time staff and grant-project employees as funding permits. The Museum was founded informally in the early 1950s and incorporated in 1959. It moved into the O.T.A.B. in 1961. Major renovations were carried out in 1986. The Museum operates with a consolidated budget of ca. $900,000 per year, cares for close to 30,000 artifacts and photographs, welcomes 20,000 visitors each year, and is a partner in heritage research, preservation and planning throughout the Territory.

About the Collections
Palaeontological remains of Beringian ice age animals; material culture of Tr'ondek Hwech'in (Han) First Nation; material culture and social history of Klondike Gold Rush era; documentary and material history of placer and lode gold mining in the Klondike Gold Fields; steam locomotives from the Klondike Mines Railway; mining and transportation technology.
Approximate number of objects in the collections: 30,000.

Archives
Photographic and documentary record of Dawson City and surrounding Gold Fields from 1894 to mid-20th century, including some history of Tr'ondek Hwechi'in (Han) First Nation. Mining recorders' records of placer mining grants; geneaological and family history; databases of stampeders and miners entering and leaving Yukon; large photograph collection from private and commercial photographers, records of local organizations.
Architectural Records • Cartographic Materials • Manuscripts • Microforms • Films and Videos • Photographs • Sound Recordings • Textual Records • Other : Extensive photograph records

Decorative Arts
Commercial and domestic artifacts of Dawson City and surrounding Gold Fields
Costumes • Furniture or Furnishings • Metalwork, Silverwork or Goldwork • Musical Instruments • Textiles or Tapestries 

Fine Arts
Culture: Canadian : Aboriginal or First Nations
Period: Historical

Human History
Commercial and domestic artifacts of Dawson City and surrounding Gold Fields; material history of Tr'ondek Hwech'in (Han) First Nation; material and documentary material relating to placer and industrial gold mining in Klondike Gold Fields
Archaeological Objects • Communications Devices • Costumes and Accessories • Currency • Electricity • Exploration and Survey • Fisheries • Forestry • Furniture or Furnishings • Household Objects or Domestic Technology • Imaging : Film : Film History and Technology : Photographs : Video • Industrial Technology and History • Manuscripts • Maps, Charts, Plans or Blueprints • Memorabilia • Oral History • Performing Arts • Sports Equipment • Transportation : Non-motorized ground : Railway • Local History • Weapons • Other : Mining; placer gold mining, both handmining and industrial dredge mining

Natural Sciences
Fossils of ice age animals of Beringia, including mammoth, step bison, camel, paleo-horses
Plants and Animals (Biological Collections) : Zooarchaeological Specimens : Zoology : Vertebrates, Mammals (Mammalia) • Paleontological Collections : Fossil Vertebrates (Vertebrate Paleontology)

Services & Activities
Gallery tours, demonstrations, dramatic presentations, audio-visual presentations, gift shop, coffee shop, research library, photograph reproduction, research services (first half hour basic research free of charge. All other research time will be charged at a rate of $25/hour)
Research Services
Research services first half hour basic research free of charge. All other research time will be charged at a rate of $25/hour
Services include: genealogical, mining record, and other historical requests
Archival Records • Films • Genealogical Research • Information Centre • Library • Conference or Symposium

Educational Programs
Gallery tours, demonstrations, lectures, films and school programmes.
Demonstrations • Films • Lectures

Visitor Services
Washrooms, gift shop, coffee shop with light lunches, tourist information.
Films and Videos • Guided Tours : English : French • Information Centre or Desk • Meeting Room Rental • Parking Facilities : Free : Bus • Gift shop • Special Needs Facilities : Washrooms : Wheelchair access • Cloakroom • Washrooms

Volunteer Services
Volunteer Services Available • Volunteer Training Offered
Number of volunteers: 20
Activities: Government Research Fund Raising
Special Events
Training Staff

Membership is available at the following levels:
Individual $20
Family $30
Supporting $50
Corporate $250
Lifetime $1,000
Member Privileges
Free admission to the galleries & invitation to special events, Quarterly newsletter and 10% discount on gift shop purchases

Food Services
Coffee, tea, soft drinks, soup, muffins
Cafeteria • Snack bar or Vending machines • Picnic Area • Reception Facilities

Publications & Products
'Klondike Gold - An Interactive History,' CD-ROM on Klondike history, from before the Gold Rush to mid-20th century; illustrated Robert Service poem; films and animated cutaway of industrial dredge operations; about 300 photographs and 600 hypertext screens.
Posters • Newsletters • CD-ROMS • Videos • Brochures • Books • Annual Reports • Commemorative Souvenirs

Hours & Admission
Operation: Year round  by appointment 
Mid-May through August gallery tours, rockerbox gold mining demonstrations, dramatic Klondike character monologues, and special events
Open: Winter: mid-Sept to mid-May
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Monday to Friday
Summer mid-May to mid-Sept
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
7 days a week
Closed: Statutory holidays, weekends in winter,
2 weeks around Christmas and New Years
Admission: Charged
Adults $7.00
Students/seniors $5.00
Families $16.00
Pre-booked groups $5.00/person
School groups and under 6 FREE
CANADA DAY EVERYBODY FREE
Discounts: Seniors • Students • Groups • CMA members

Address
Dawson City Museum and Historical Society
595 Fifth Avenue,  Dawson City,  Yukon 
Y0B 1G0
Telephone:   (867) 993-5291
Fax:   (867) 993-5839
E-mail: dcmuseum@yknet.yk.ca

Mailing Address:
Dawson City Museum and Historical Society
Box 303 , Dawson City , Yukon
Y0B 1G0

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