Family Programs

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!

  

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ARTSci Teen Workshop: Gyotaku
Monday, March 6
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
UA Museum of the North Creativity Lab

Discover the Japanese art of fish printing. Learn about fish anatomy and make your own prints using block printing ink. For ages 13-18.

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Family Day: DNA
Saturday, February 25
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
UA Museum of the North

Discover the building blocks of life! Meet museum researchers, explore how scientists use DNA, build a DNA model, try a scavenger hunt, and more.

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Junior Curators: DNA
Saturday, February 18
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
UA Museum of the North Creativity Lab

Stop by the Creativity Lab for hands-on activities and a themed scavenger hunt. Discover science, history, culture, and art through investigations and crafts. February's theme is DNA!

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Early Explorers: DNA
Friday, February 17
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
UA Museum of the North Creativity Lab

Drop in with your toddler or preschooler to create and discover with hands-on activities in the Creativity Lab. February's theme is DNA!

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OLLI Winter Lecture: "Pollinators and Other Insects in Alaska's Gardens"
Friday, February 3
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center

Learn about the diverse many-legged animals that often visit gardens in Alaska, both the beneficial pollinators and predators, from Curator of Insects Derek Sikes.

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Family Day: Ice Age
Saturday, January 28
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
UA Museum of the North

Discover ancient Alaska! Meet archaeologists and paleontologists, see artifacts and fossils, try a scavenger hunt in the galleries, create Ice Age art, and more.

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Junior Curators: Ice Age
Saturday, January 14
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
UA Museum of the North Creativity Lab

Stop by the Creativity Lab for hands-on activities and a themed scavenger hunt. Discover science, history, culture, and art through investigations and crafts. January's theme is Ice Age!

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Early Explorers: Ice Age
Friday, January 13
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
UA Museum of the North Creativity Lab

Drop in with your toddler or preschooler to create and discover with hands-on activities in the Creativity Lab. January's theme is Ice Age!

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Open Creativity Lab
December 20 and 21
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
UA Museum of the North Creativity Lab

Come to the Creativity Lab and sculpt, paint, draw, or make something! Supplies and inspiration provided. For all ages.

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