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 smiling with their hands into Ziploc bags filled with shortening, dipping them into a tub of water.
Friday, March 8
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. March's theme is Warmth!

An adult stands behind a table holding an animal bone and talking to several children. Bones and furs are visible on the table.
Saturday, February 24
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
UA Museum of the North

Discover Alaska through storytelling! See a movie, explore the Black in Alaska: Interior Edition special exhibit, investigate how museums tell diverse stories, go on a scavenger hunt, make your own storybook, and more.

Museum sleepover logo.
Friday, February 16
7:00 PM - 9:00 AM
UA Museum of the North

For children ages 7-13 with accompanying adult. Spend a night at the museum! Join us for after-hours special activities and nighttime gallery explorations. Create, explore, and sleep among the exhibits. An evening snack and light breakfast will be provided.

Five portraits of individuals and couples, arranged in a collage.
Friday, February 9
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
UA Museum of the North

Join us for this free community event to explore the exhibit, connect with featured Alaskans, and learn about the Black in Alaska media project.

Adult and child sit together in a beanbag chair, reading a picture book.
Friday, February 9
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. February's theme is Alaska Stories!

A gray and brown marmot standing on a rock.
Saturday, January 27
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
UA Museum of the North

Discover the world of Alaska rodents! Meet mammalogists, see museum specimens, investigate the importance of rodents to Arctic ecosystems, try an I Spy hunt, create art, and more.

Two flying squirrel gliders made of paper and cardboard, next to rodent skulls and a box of porcupine quills. All objects are sitting on a beaver pelt.
Saturday, January 20
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
UA Museum of the North

Design and test a flying squirrel glider! See museum specimens, try a scavenger hunt in the galleries, and more.

Child arranging felt pieces to form the shape of a beaver lodge.
Friday, January 19
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. January's theme is Rodents!

Sun rising over a snowy landscape, with an abstract black sculpture in the foreground.
Thursday, December 21
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM
UA Museum of the North Lobby

Gather in the museum's lobby for tea and conversation on the solstice.