Museum Family Fun Fest scheduled this weekend
June 8, 2010
Kerynn Fisher
907-474-6941
6/8/10
A summer tradition–the TOTE Family Fun Fest–returns to the University of Alaska Museum of the North this weekend. The popular annual event takes place Sunday, June 13 from noon to 4 p.m. and features hands-on activities for kids of all ages under the big top tent on the museum’s lawn.
Activities include running a salmon migration obstacle course, making an Aleut hat, dissecting owl pellets, learning Eskimo dances with the Pavva Inupiaq dancers and other activities related to the museum’s exhibits and research collections. UAF’s Nanook mascot will attend and visit children and adults.
Admission is $3 per child. Free parking is available behind the museum. Refreshments will be available for purchase.
The museum's TOTE Family Fun Fest started in 1999 as a fundraiser for the museum’s expansion. Now in its 12th year, the event draws hundreds of children and parents for a day of museum-related activities. Totem Ocean Trailer Express has served as the lead sponsor of the event since 2000.
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