Family Programs

Gather in the museum's lobby for tea and conversation on the solstice.

Create firework spin art! Explore different ways people celebrate, see and touch museum objects, and try a scavenger hunt.

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

Explore how life survives and thrives in the Arctic! Meet museum researchers. Investigate how people, animals, and plants adapt to life in the north. Go on a scavenger hunt, create Arctic landscape art, and more.

Create polar bear marbled prints! Discover Arctic adaptations, explore the galleries, and see museum specimens and objects.

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

Dissect owl pellets! Identify bones, see museum specimens, and explore the galleries with a nocturnal animal scavenger hunt.

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

Explore the importance of pollinators in Alaska! Meet entomologists, investigate connections between pollinators and plants, try an I Spy hunt, create pollinator art, learn how to help them thrive, and more.