When Crab Was King:
The Rise and Fall of the
Kodiak King Crab Fishery

An Oral History

A radio project of the Kodiak Maritime museum presented as a series of three-minute audio shows based on interviews with Kodiak fishermen, processor workers, and others who lived and worked this amazing, short-lived, fishery.
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When Crab Was King:
Faces of the Kodiak King Crab Fishery, 1950-1982

A series of twenty-four photographic portraits of fishermen, processing workers, bartenders, store owners and ordinary people who lived through the boom years of the Kodiak King Crab Fishery, which lasted from the 1950s to 1982.
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KMM Museum Building Plans

As most people in Kodiak know, Kodiak Maritime Museum is still a "museum without walls." A maritime museum in Kodiak would house artifacts, educate the public, and preserve the maritime history of Kodiak though interpretive programs and permanent exhibits.
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We Remember:
Images of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill on Kodiak Island

An exhibition of photographs and video of the spill taken by the people of Kodiak Island in the summer of 1989.
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Voice of the North Pacific

Prior to the advent of faxes, email and cell phones, mariners throughout the North Pacific listened up when they heard WBH-29 Kodiak — aka Peggy Dyson — on the radio.
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Kodiak Fish Tales, Petroglyphs and Pioneers: An Oral History Program

During their lifetime, Kodiak old-timers witnessed and participated in the town’s dramatic development from a small fishing village of 400 people to one of the top fishing ports in the nation.
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Harbor Gateway Design Project

Once funding is in place, the Harbor Gateway Project will transform Kodiak's St. Paul Harbor into a maritime museum without walls.
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