Museum Calendar

 

Close up on a pair of blue mittens cradling a snowflake.
Thursday, December 19
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
UA Museum of the North

Celebrate winter at the museum! Make winter crafts, investigate how animals and humans adapt to winter, and try a scavenger hunt. Drop in any time.

Adult and child work on a craft project together.
Friday, January 17
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
UA Museum of the North

Drop in with your toddler or preschooler to create and discover with hands-on activities in the Creativity Lab. January''s theme is Community!

Group of children and adults at a table with craft supplies.
Saturday, January 18
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
UA Museum of the North

Explore printmaking! Create prints for a community display in the museum, discover plant and animal communities, and try a gallery scavenger hunt.

The top of the museum building against a blue sky. Text in front reads
Saturday, February 1
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
UA Museum of the North

Take a look behind the scenes at the museum! Tour labs and galleries. Enjoy hands-on activities. Meet staff and researchers.

Three sketches in colored pencil, showing a stack of TVs, a map of a lake, and a person wearing a hoodie.
April 27th, 2024 – April 27th, 2025
Special Exhibits Gallery

Thinking Made Visible explores the human instinct to express thought through line, form, and color. It is an immersion in possibility and process - honoring and encouraging the practice of slowing down and spending time with an idea, an object, a place.

Crossroads of Beringia: Alaska Botany & Plant Science exhibit
Ongoing
Collections Gallery

Explore the past, present, and future of the flora of the North through the eyes and adventures of UAMN Herbarium (ALA) researchers.

Green aurora lights dance across the night sky.
Ongoing
Museum Auditorium

Enjoy a movie in the museum auditorium! Movie offerings change on a regular basis. Included with museum admission.

360 degree view of museum grounds.
Ongoing
UA Museum of the North

Take a walk around the exterior of the UA Museum of the North to experience historical artifacts, scientific specimens, and larger-than-life artwork with the new tour on the UAMN Mobile App and Audio Guide.

A totem pole carved with a variety of colorful designs, with trees in the background.
Ongoing
UA Museum of the North

Explore artwork and history outside on the museum grounds.