Bring your students to the museum to learn about our state’s history, animals, artists and Native cultures. Focus time in one gallery or plan a rotation schedule to visit them all. Make reservations throughout the semester and explore at your own pace.    

Available: Monday-Friday 9 AM-5 PM.  Advanced reservations required.  

Cost: $3 per student

Maximum: 60 students.* Chaperones required.

Add-Ons

Advance reservations required for all add-ons.

Special Exhibit Free

Hibernation and the Science of Cold
Squeeze into a bear den, see frozen animals, help voles find their way under the snow, and learn about animal adaptations.

Audio Guide $2 per guide

(2 students may share 1 audio guide)

The museum audio guide features animal sounds, radio broadcasts and explanations from curators. Specific learning strands are available (i.e. Native Cultures selections).

Museum Movies  $3 per student

Watch a movie in our auditorium. Minimum of 20 students.

• Dynamic Aurora
  
  • Explore the science of the aurora in this 30-minute movie. Watch a movie preview online. (Best for 6^th grade and higher.)
• Tracking Alaska's Jurassic Dinosaurs 
  • Watch museum paleontologists search for dinosaur tracks in southcentral Alaska. 20 minutes.

Education Center  Free

Use our classroom space for organizing your group or holding class discussion. Call well in advance as the Education Center is used often. When available, we welcome your use.

Hands-on Objects  Free

Enhance your museum experience with touchable objects from our education collection. Arrange in advance to use objects or a kit during your field trip or to pick up and bring back to your class for post-visit activities. See our kits page for ideas.

*Please note: A school group is 5 or more school age children from an Alaskan school. Public schools, private schools, and home schools are all considered eligible. Youth groups (non-academic) should visit our youth group page for more information.

UAMN volunteer docents guide student explorations and activities centered on museum research and collections. Teachers and chaperones also play a critical role in Directed Discovery field trips. Directed Discoveries are allotted to local schools. See your administrator for details.

Available: Tues-Thurs. All tours begin at 9:30 AM.

                 Scheduled on call-in day, December 3, 2012.

                Allotments released to waitlist January 11, 2013.

Cost: Admission sponsored by Flint Hills Resources (free)              

Maximum: 30 students (15 students min). Chaperones required.

Alaska Native Cultures
Explore the rich diversity of Alaska Native cultures and discover objects in the Gallery of Alaska.

Grades K-1    1 hour

Develop awareness of the cultural diversity of our state.

Grades 2-3     1.5 hours

Experience fish camp and explore the Gallery of Alaska to learn about Athabascan traditions and seasonal activities in Alaska’s Interior.

Grades 4-6     1.5 hours

Examine cultural connections to regional resources and take part in a trade game to learn about bartering traditions.

Exploring Art

Discover the Rose Berry Alaska Art Gallery and practice discussing artworks through the vocabulary of art elements. Utilize skills of observation and self-expression to study and sketch during free-choice gallery time.

Grades K-1    1 hour

Grades 2-6     1.5 hours

Museum Science

Discover how museum collections represent millions of years of biodiversity and can teach us about our world.

Grades K-1    1 hour

Find animals in the Gallery of Alaska while practicing observing and comparing.

Grades 2-3     1.5 hours

Apply skills of sorting and classification and learn why they are important to science.

Grades 4-6     1.5 hours

Examine and compare skulls to learn about animal characteristics and adaptations.

Add-Ons

Advance reservations required for all add-ons.

Special Exhibit $3 per student

Hibernation and the Science of Cold
Squeeze into a bear den, see frozen animals, help voles find their way under the snow, and learn about animal adaptations.

Gallery Exploration Free

Schedule 20-30 extra minutes after your Directed Discovery
to self-guide your students though another of the
museum’s galleries.

Local volunteers guide all Directed Discoveries. If you are interested in helping, see our online flyer (Become a Volunteer Docent!)  or call 474-5360.