Reserve an Exhibit Exploration for preK-12th grade students during the academic year.

Fill out the Reservation Request form or email UA-museumlearn@alaska.edu for more information.

Bring your class to the museum to learn about our state’s history, cultures, science, and art! Focus time in one gallery or visit them all. Explore at your own pace.

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

Minimum group size: 15 students (please inquire about small school class sizes)

Cost: $6 per student
Chaperones required.

Preschool Offerings: With a preschool field trip, teachers may request a backpack of interactive gallery exploration activities designed for ages 3-5.

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SPECIAL EXHIBITS

• Observing Our Dynamic Planet
• Opening January 30: Creative Continuum
• Alaska Positive
• Expedition AK: Archaeology and Botany
• Outdoor Exhibits

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MOVIES
Watch a movie in our auditorium.
Check the schedule.

UAMN volunteer docents guide student explorations and activities centered on museum research and collections.

Directed Discoveries are allotted to local schools. See your administrator for details.

Schedule on Call-In Day: Wednesday August 26, 2026 

You can also book on (or after) call-in day by calling 907-474-5602.

Available: Tuesday-Thursday. All tours begin at 10:00 AM.

Maximum: 30 students (15 students minimum). Chaperones required.
Cost: $6 per student

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Choose a Directed Discovery topic based on grade-specific curriculum.
GRADES K - 1 🕒 1 hr / 1.5 hrs
GRADES 2 - 6 🕒 1.5 hrs

ALASKA NATIVE CULTURES
Discover and explore in the Gallery of Alaska.
K-1  Discover the cultural diversity of our state thorugh stories and hands-on explorations.
2-3 Explore Alaska Native cultures, experience fish camp, and learn about cultural traditions and seasonal activities in Alaska's Interior.
4-6 Examine cultural connections to regional resources and take part in a trade game to learn about bartering traditions.

MUSEUM SCIENCE
Discover how museum collections teach us about our world.
K-1 Find animals in the Gallery of Alaska while practicing observation and comparison. 
2-3 Apply skills of sorting and classification and learn why they are important to science.
4-6 Examine and compare skulls to learn about animal characteristics and adaptations.

EXPLORING ART 
Discover the Rose Berry Alaska Art Gallery. Sketch and create.
K-6 Discover and interpret art in many forms. Tour the Rose Berry Alaska Art Gallery. View and discuss artworks. Try hands-on art activities and sketch during free-choice gallery time.

DISCOVERING WHALES
K-1 Try hearing and feeding like a whale. Experiment with blubber for warmth, and learn about peoples' connection to whales.
2-6 Discover adaptations throug hands-on experiments. See skulls and create a paper bowhead skeleton. Hear abou cultural connections to whales. 

Stay tuned for additional offerings in Fall 2026!

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ADD-ONS Advance reservations required.

GALLERY EXPLORATION Free
Schedule 20-30 extra minutes after your Directed Discovery to lead your students through another of the museum’s galleries.

SPECIAL EXHIBITS Free

• Creative Continuum: 60 years of the Native Art Center (January 30- September 27, 2026)

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Local volunteers guide all Directed Discoveries. If you are interested in helping, contact us at ua-museumlearn@alaska.edu or  907-474-5602.

Request to bring students to the Walt and Marita Babula Planetarium at the UA Museum of the North for a fulldome movie. Combine with a museum gallery exploration! 

Summer visitors: please see the Hours & Admission page for youth / group rates. 

School field trip reservations are available September through May, on select Tuesday - Friday mornings. Advance reservations required.

Cost: 

$10 per student: Combination ticket Planetarium with Exhibit Exploration (flexible duration 1.5 hrs +) OR Planetarium with Directed Discovery tour (2 hrs total)

OR

$6 per student: Planetarium only (duration approx. 30 min)

Chaperones required (free admission within ratio 1:8)