Museum Calendar

 

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Friday, April 26
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
UA Museum of the North

Museum members and exhibit contributors are invited to a free opening reception. Explore the exhibit, meet contributors, and hear stories from behind the scenes.

Page of field sketching notebook. showing sketches of birds and seals.
Thursday, May 2
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
UA Museum of the North

Sharpen your observation skills. Explore sketching techniques inside and outside the museum. For ages 13-18.

A Compton's tortoiseshell butterfly on a yellow flower.
Saturday, May 4
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
UA Museum of the North

Create a model butterfly collection and learn to identify butterflies! Explore signs of spring in the boreal forest, see and touch museum objects, and try a scavenger hunt.

Child and adult sitting at a table gluing butterfly pictures on paper.
Friday, May 10
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. May's theme is Spring!

Person outside in a forest, holding a large screen with a number of insects and leaves on top.
Thursday, May 23
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
UA Museum of the North

Practice skills to identify, photograph, sketch, and preserve bugs. Use a microscope to take close-up photos. For ages 13-18.

Three sketches in colored pencil, showing a stack of TVs, a map of a lake, and a person wearing a hoodie.
Opening April 27th
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.

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. Additional charge applies.

Butterfly and moth specimens in a drawer.
Ongoing
UA Museum of the North website

Visit the UA Museum of the North from home with resources for all ages!