Museum Calendar

 

The top of the museum building against a blue sky. Text in front reads
Saturday, February 1
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
UA Museum of the North

Take a look behind the scenes at the museum! Tour labs and galleries. Enjoy hands-on activities. Meet staff and researchers.

An adult helps a young child use colored ice cubes to paint.
Friday, February 7
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 Ice!

Close up of a hand holding a piece of ice.
Saturday, February 8
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
UA Museum of the North

Design and test a model ice box! Discover the science of freshwater ice, create your own ice-themed art, and explore the galleries with a scavenger hunt.

Write text on a blue background: 2025 Midnight Sun Visiting Writers Series: Sean Enfield, Zack Medlin, and H. Warren.
Thursday, February 20
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
UA Museum of the North Auditorium

Join us in the museum auditorium for a public reading featuring authors and UAF alumni Sean Enfield, H Warren, and Zack Medlin. Part of the Midnight Sun Visiting Writers Series.

View from above of four people standing on freshwater ice. Only their feet and legs are visible.
Saturday, February 22
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
UA Museum of the North

Discover how cool ice can be! Meet researchers, investigate ice science, explore the role of ice in Alaska history and cultures, create ice-inspired art, and more.

Three sketches in colored pencil, showing a stack of TVs, a map of a lake, and a person wearing a hoodie.
April 27th, 2024 – April 27th, 2025
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.

Crossroads of Beringia: Alaska Botany & Plant Science exhibit
Ongoing
Collections Gallery

Explore the past, present, and future of the flora of the North through the eyes and adventures of UAMN Herbarium (ALA) researchers.

Green aurora lights dance across the night sky.
Ongoing
Museum Auditorium

Enjoy a movie in the museum auditorium! Movie offerings change on a regular basis. Included with museum admission.

360 degree view of museum grounds.
Ongoing
UA Museum of the North

Take a walk around the exterior of the UA Museum of the North to experience historical artifacts, scientific specimens, and larger-than-life artwork with the new tour on the UAMN Mobile App and Audio Guide.

A totem pole carved with a variety of colorful designs, with trees in the background.
Ongoing
UA Museum of the North

Explore artwork and history outside on the museum grounds.