Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center

Protecting the legendary Kodiak brown bear

The Kodiak Refuge Visitor Center inspires visitors and the local community to explore and support the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge.

The Center's iconic sculptural exhibit, which depicts a female Kodiak bear fishing for salmon with her two cubs, is a multi-sensory introduction to the interpretive experience. Around this central icon, visitors interact with habitat- and wildlife-based exhibits. Visitors view the salmon death cycle within an elevated stream, listen to a denning bear's heartbeat, hear stories told from a salmon's point of view, and discover the diversity and quantity of plants bears eat at the whimsical "Kodiak Food Market."