The Kilcher Homestead Living Museum is a wonderful way to experience life in Alaska in the early 1940s. The family migrated there from Switzerland, when the 160-acre land besides Kachemak Bay contained only a one-room cabin without electricity and modern conveniences amidst the wilderness. You’ll be able to experience their lifestyle firsthand, including the way they caught salmon for food, tended their own garden, and churned their own butter. The homestead museum is filled with a lot of artifacts such as school books from when they were homeschooled as well as home decor and photographs of the family in their pioneer log cabin. If you want an extended experience of Kilcher, stay in the cabin overnight and enjoy a delicious homestead-style breakfast that is cooked on the original coal stove.

Address: Kilcher Rd, Homer, AK 99603

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