Skip the tacky souvenir shops downtown and shop at this unique store where you can buy authentic, Alaskan-made crafts. The items aren't cheap, but they are hand-made by local native artists. I bought hand-carved sculptures made from walrus tusk ivory, as well as a carved moose antler, and also ear muffs and slippers made from red fox, mink, and beaver. They have a huge selection.Very authentic...highly recommended!

I highly recommend this store for handmade craft items by the native peoples! There are also very unique items here: whale baleen, wooly mammoth tusks, furs, etc. I got gloves made from reindeer and a vase from a bison horn. Our tour guide brought us here and I'm grateful. This was better than the tourist shops in town and I would rather support the Natives.

Best selection of local art possibly in the whole state. There were numerous different artists of many types of local native Alaskan artists. You will most certainly find at least a few items you will want to purchase. Well worth the visit and it’s away from the more touristy areas.

If you are looking for unique souvenirs or truly Alaskan items such as furs Eskimo artifacts and art this is the best place in Alaska. They don't advertise and I was on a search for a particular item and was told by a local Alaskan this is the place the locals go to find unique items.About 35 years ago on my first visit to Alaska I saw native artwork that was walrus tusks scrimshawed mounted in the Front of the facial skeleton of the walrus. These can be collected and sold only by Eskimos and must be Scrimshawed to be sellable. Back then I wanted to buy it but didn't - so now I was on the search to find it again.I was on a three week trip in Alaska and spent every day I could inquiring or looking in stores For this type of art. I was told over and over again that even though people that seen these in the past that the art of doing them was not seen anymore.I was talking to a waitress at a restaurant in Anchorage and she was very nice to look up which she thought was the best place to go to possibly find something like this and she said this is where all the locals go to find unique items and has the best prices.So on the way back from Fairbanks and Dinali we start at this store the Alaska for exchange and we're taken back by all the items and unique cultural artwork. Fortunately they had to walrus face tusks art. One was a newer art and they had an older one from a estate from 1970 which was perfect for what I was looking for, so I purchased it.My sons fell in love with the store - one got some fur another one got some artifacts from a dig at a 10,000 year old site for Eskimos and I got my girlfriend slippers made from Mink fox.I've been in souvenir shops from one end of Alaska to the other and even though I've seen some of the items in other stores but nothing like the items at his place. If you're looking for an Alaskan pot holder or some other common souvenir item you can get that anywhere this place is about the unique and the quality. I was fortunate and talking to the family while I was there a mother and son run the store and it's been in existence for many years. The whole staff was very helpful in showing everything that the store had and helped us make our selections. The son also help pack everything to be shipped to my home which only took a couple days everything came in perfect.If you're in Anchorage and you're looking for something unique, not the typical, this is the place to go.

Fantastic place to buy genuine inuit artworks. Not for everyone, but if you give yourself time to look round you will find an amazing piece of genuine alaska. Dont spend your hard earned money for products just made in china, head here and talk to Geri or Gus at the door for a true alaskan experience. I cant say how many people Ive sent here, and next time im back, Ill be adding to my extensive collection.