Discover & Create Together
Discover science, history, culture, and art through hands-on investigations, crafts,
and games. Activities are designed to stimulate curiosity and encourage multigenerational
collaboration. Come back every month to explore a new theme!
Programs included with admission.
Family membership gets you in for free all year long!
Family Programs Events
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Visit the UA Museum of the North from home with resources for all ages!
Museum Auditorium
Enjoy a movie in the museum auditorium! Movie offerings change on a regular basis. Included with museum admission.
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Design and build a miniature drum! Discover the songs of nature, see and touch specimens, and try a scavenger hunt in the galleries.
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Drop in with your toddler or preschooler to create and discover with hands-on activities in the Creativity Lab. May's theme is Songs!
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.
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Discover the forests of Interior Alaska! Meet botanists, investigate what trees can tell us about our history, explore cultural connections to trees, create forest art, and more.
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
UA Museum of the North Auditorium
Join us in the museum auditorium for a public reading featuring local author Annie Wenstrup. Part of the Midnight Sun Visiting Writers Series.
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Reichardt Building, UAF Campus
Experiment with hands-on science fun at this UAF event. Explore aurora art and science with the museum!
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. April's theme is Trees!