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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Create and discover with your family! Explore our archive of over 150 hands-on activities for all ages, designed to do at home.
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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. Additional charge applies.
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.
Special Exhibits Gallery
The Black in Alaska special exhibition at UAMN presents portraits, videos, and the stories of more than 40 Alaskans from Fairbanks and around Alaska.
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Practice skills to identify, photograph, sketch, and preserve bugs. Use a microscope to take close-up photos. For ages 13-18.
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 Spring!
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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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.
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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Sharpen your observation skills. Explore sketching techniques inside and outside the museum. For ages 13-18.