Update, September 2026: the Land Fund is still open and the land is still unbought. Our goal remains $240,000; see our live progress on the Make a Donation page and the donor dashboard. Asgard Alaska holds Candid’s 2026 Platinum Seal of Transparency.
The Land Fund
In late 2022 Asgard Alaska launched a fundraising campaign to buy the land our Viking open-air museum and historical campground will stand on. We focused on Willow, Houston, Big Lake, and Wasilla in the Mat-Su Borough, and at the time we estimated that 40 to 80 acres of waterfront with year-round road access would cost about $240,000.
What the Land Must Be
Not every acre can hold a Viking village. Besides raising money, we’re looking for safe land with varied terrain, enough to host archery, camping, crafts, and everything else we have planned. Our checklist says the land must be:
- Accessible by road all year round
- Connected to a body of water or river/stream
- Made up of land that isn’t mostly wetlands
- Large enough to accommodate several different activities
- Near enough to be accessible by a sizable population
- Remote enough to not disturb the neighbors
Every gift to the Land Fund brings that checklist one step closer to a real place on the map, and the steps after it are on our roadmap. If you’re able, you can make a gift through our donation form; gifts are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
