Alaska Cruise 2025 - with The Museum of Russian Art

August 14-24, 2025

Join The Museum of Russian Art on an Alaskan Cruise adventure! Explore areas that were influenced by the Russian colonization of Alaska that lasted less than a century, but in that time produced a rich history of enduring importance.

Although the original impetus for colonizing Alaska was the fur trade, the Russian Orthodox Church had probably the greatest lasting impact on the people of Alaska, helping to create a multicultural Orthodox community that exists to this day. In Sitka, one of the last few Alaskan cities with Russian Heritage still visible, we will explore St. Michael’s Russian Orthodox Cathedral, the Russian Bishop’s House, the Sitka Historical Museum, Baranof Castle State Historic Site, and the Sitka National Historical Park. Another special inclusion is a visit to the Eklutna Historical Park which is one of the area’s oldest continuously inhabited Athabaskan settlements. Russian Orthodox missionaries came here in the early 1800s, and you can still see St. Nicholas Church, the oldest standing building in greater Anchorage.

This adventure combines Russian and Alaskan history, while experiencing some of the most spectacular, awe-inspiring scenery and landscapes of the United States.