Museum Calendar
![An adult helps a young child use colored ice cubes to paint.](/museum/education/family-programs/images/EarlyExplorersIceCropped.jpg)
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.](/museum/education/family-programs/images/JuniorCuratorsIceCropped.jpg)
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.](/museum/education/family-programs/images/MidnightSunVisitingWritersHeader.jpg)
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.](/museum/education/family-programs/images/FamilyDayIceCropped.jpg)
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 AVÀÇÂÛ̳ 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.](/museum/exhibits/listing/2024/thinkingmadevisible/photos/Header.jpg)
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: AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Botany & Plant Science exhibit](https://uaf.edu/museum/exhibits/images/Botany%20Overview_1096x576.jpg)
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.](/museum/education/family-programs/images/DynamicAurora.jpg)
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.](https://uaf.edu/museum/exhibits/outdoor-exhibits/photos/08_28k_tp_app.jpg)
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.](https://uaf.edu/museum/exhibits/outdoor-exhibits/totem_amoswallace_200.jpg)
UA Museum of the North
Explore artwork and history outside on the museum grounds.