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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Homemade paintbrush on a red paper plate, next to a circle of light blue paint.
Saturday, January 22
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Explore the history, diversity, and importance of tools! Register in advance (children 6 and older) to receive activity supplies and to meet online with a museum educator. At-home activities will also be freely available online.

Child's hands holding a purple straw, making designs on a piece of white clay.
January 10-16
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. January's theme is Tools!

Three snowflakes in different shapes, sitting on a snowy ground.
December 11, 18, 20, 27
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
UA Museum of the North

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

Moose plushie next to a snowshoe mounted on a wall of Alaska license plates.
December 4-10
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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. December's theme is Winter!

Child sitting in a museum gallery, sketching on white paper. A wooden Raven sculpture is in front of the child.
Saturday, November 20
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Create and discover with your family! Activities are designed for all ages. Discover connections between animals, art, and culture, explore animal-related art, pick up supplies for take-home activities, and more.

Hand holding a paintbrush, painting a landscape showing seals.
Saturday, November 13
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
UA Museum of the North Website

Explore the diversity of animal-themed art! Register in advance (children 6 and older) to receive activity supplies and to meet online with a museum educator. At-home activities will also be freely available online.

Walrus plushie sitting on the back of a metal sculpture of a polar bear.
November 6-12
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Discover with your toddler or preschooler. Go on a gallery hunt-and-find challenge and do hands-on activities at home. November's theme is Animals in Art.

UAMN logo next to a drawing of a pumpkin, a spider, and a spiderweb.
October 21-31
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Explore with a spooky scavenger hunt! Visit anytime between October 21-31 to participate in the scavenger hunt, snap a selfie at our photo op, and enter to win a prize!

A beaver skull on a skull-patterned tablecloth, next to a card with a picture of a beaver skull and the words
Saturday, October 16
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
UA Museum of the North Website

Explore what bones can teach us about the world! Register in advance (children 6 and older) to receive activity supplies and to meet online with a museum educator. At-home activities will also be freely available online.