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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Two children putting together a puzzle depicting a whale skeleton.
April 2-9
UA Museum of the North

Discover with your toddler or preschooler. Go on a gallery hunt-and-find challenge, pick up a free take-home activity (while supplies last), and do hands-on activities at home. April's theme is Whales!

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March 15 and 17
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
UA Museum of the North

Celebrate spring break at the museum! Participate in scavenger hunts, add to our collaborative track wall, drop in for an activity in the Creativity Lab, and pick up a take-home craft. Each day will have a different theme.

An adult and two children look at fossils laid out on a table.
Saturday, March 12
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
UA Museum of the North

Drop in the Creativity Lab for hands-on activities and a themed scavenger hunt. Materials for at-home explorations will be available for pick up. March's theme is Mountains.

A child holds a colored pencil. A variety of craft materials are laid out on a table in front of the child.
March 7-13
UA Museum of the North

Discover with your toddler or preschooler. Go on a gallery hunt-and-find challenge, pick up a free take-home activity (while supplies last), and do hands-on activities at home. March's theme is Mountains!

An adult and child look up at a whale skeleton suspended in a museum lobby.
Saturday, February 26
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
UA Museum of the North

From mammoths to mountains, explore big things at the museum! Meet entomologists, add to a collaborative art wall, try a scavenger hunt in the galleries, pick up supplies for take-home activities, and more.

An adult and two children work on a puzzle in a museum gallery.
February 14-15
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
UA Museum of the North

Enjoy a day at the museum designed for homeschool families! Participate in scavenger hunts and gallery activities, drop in to the Creativity Lab between 12-2 pm for a hands-on activity, pick up take-home activities, and contribute to our collaborative art wall.

Variety of activity supplies in front of a tarbosaur skull.
Register by February 7

Discover big things! Register (children 6 and older) to receive an activity packet with materials to explore dinosaur tracks, DNA, whales and more. An optional Zoom session with museum educators includes a gallery tour and hands-on activity guidance.

An adult and two children look at dinosaur skeletons and a dinosaur mural in a museum lobby.
February 7-13
UA Museum of the North

Discover with your toddler or preschooler. Go on a gallery hunt-and-find challenge, pick up a free take-home activity (while supplies last), and do hands-on activities at home. February's theme is Big Things!

A variety of ancient tools on a table. A hand is reaching out to touch one of them.
Saturday, January 29
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
UA Museum of the North

Create and discover with your family! Meet archaeologists, see tools from the collections, try an I Spy hunt in the galleries, pick up supplies for take-home activities, and more.