Learn about our campaign in the summer of 2012 to collect photos and stories of our beloved specimen.

Named for Otto Geist, who developed our first collections, the 8' 9" brown bear has greeted visitors at the entrance to the Gallery of Alaska for decades, starring in countless photos taken by visitors who want to remember their tour of the North.

Read the latest stories for a look behind the scenes at the research and special events going on at the UA Museum of the North.

What the low tide revealed. The excavation team works to remove the rock on a beach in Southeastern Alaska where a thalattosaur fossil has been embedded for more than 220 million years. Photo by Patrick Druckenmiller

Browse photos from events and listen to interviews with the people who work at the UA Museum of the North.

In March 2011, the Calder Quartet performed excerpts from several modern compositions in the lobby of the museum, accompanied by the sunshine of an Interior spring day. Photos copyright 2011, Jake Sirevaag Photography