Discover & Create Together
Discover science, history, culture, and art through hands-on investigations, crafts,
and games. Activities are designed to stimulate curiosity and encourage multigenerational
collaboration. Come back every month to explore a new theme!
Programs included with admission.
Family membership gets you in for free all year long!
Family Programs Events
Museum Auditorium
Enjoy a movie in the museum auditorium! Movie offerings change on a regular basis. Included with museum admission.
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.
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Visit the UA Museum of the North from home with resources for all ages!
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Take a look behind the scenes at the museum! Tour labs and galleries. Enjoy hands-on activities. Meet staff and researchers.
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Explore printmaking! Create prints for a community display in the museum, discover plant and animal communities, and try a gallery scavenger hunt.
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Drop in with your toddler or preschooler to create and discover with hands-on activities in the Creativity Lab. January''s theme is Community!
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
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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.
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Drop in with your toddler or preschooler to create and discover with hands-on activities in the Creativity Lab. December's theme is Hibernation!
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
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Meet museum archaeologists in the lobby! See artifacts collected across the state.