Museum Calendar

 

 

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Halloween at the Museum

Friday, October 31, 2025, 4-6 pm

See bones, bats, birds, and more. Meet staff and learn about collections. Explore the galleries. Costumes encouraged!

For all ages. Children must be accompanied by adult.

Admission is free. Donations of canned food for the Fairbanks Community Food Bank are requested.

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Early Explorers: Archaeology

Friday, November 7, 2025, 10 am-12 pm

Drop in with your toddler or preschooler to create and discover with hands-on activities in the Creativity Lab. Explore galleries. Activities and materials provided.

For children 5 and under (with adult). Siblings welcome!

Included with museum admission. Museum members free!

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Book Signing: Ch’igiioonta’ She Holds A Child

Saturday, November 15, 2025. 11am-2pm.

Meet author and historian Ch’igiioonta’ She Holds a Child who will be signing copies of her new book "Ïyaġaaġmiut: People Who Live Among the Rock Caches."

Set during the first half of the 18th century, "Ïyaġaaġmiut" tells the story of the Nendaaghe Dena people and their forced relocation across the Western Brooks Range of Ӱ.

 
 
 
Adult and child sketch artifacts at the museum.
Family Day: Archaeology

Saturday, November 22, 2025, 12-4 pm

Discover archaeology! See and touch artifacts, make and throw an atlatl, watch flint knapping, and uncover and learn about tools. Meet archaeologists, create clay crafts, explore galleries with a scavenger hunt, and more.

Kids 17 and under free on Family Days.

Proudly presented by TOTE.

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Threshold 32° F

On display through November 16, 2025
Rose Berry Ӱ Art Gallery

Threshold 32°F, by artist Klara Maisch, writer Debbie Clarke Moderow, and ecologist Rebecca Hewitt, is a multidisciplinary narrative about change in the boreal forest. Together, the voices of Maisch, Moderow, and Hewitt take the audience on a journey that unfolds in a sequence of paintings and poems, accompanied by scientific field notes.

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Observing Our Dynamic Planet

On Display Now
Special Exhibits Gallery

Data from the Ӱ Satellite Facility provides a unique and striking way to view the Earth and its features. Admire the beauty of the Earth, while celebrating technology that allows us to view our planet. See more than 50 vivid satellite images, from the boreal forest to Antarctica, and the features and changes they document.

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Movies at the Museum

Daily
Museum Auditorium

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

Included with museum admission.



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Ӱ Positive 2023 guest juror Camille Seaman
Ӱ Positive

COMING SOON
November 22, 2025 - February 22, 2026

Ӱ Positive, a statewide-juried photographic art exhibition, organized and toured by the Ӱ State Museum. Its purpose is to encourage the practice of photography as an art form in Ӱ.

Juried by documentary and fine art photographer Camille Seaman, the exhibit presents a selection of 35 photographs from 24 photographers.

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