Alaska Museum of Natural History

News Archive

2009

Mountain View Pride Festival Saturday, August 8th from 12-6pm. The festival will take place in the parking lot behind Brewsters. Join us and other organizations for fun, family friendly activities. The museum will offer free admission on the day of the festival.

Summer Activity Series - The Summer Activity Series features hands-on, topic related activities throughout the museum for all ages.

THANK YOU CONOCO PHILLIPS!
Anna M. Bélanger & Scott Reed received the Employee Planning Grant & the Employee Volunteer Grant from ConocoPhillips.

January Tinker Time

2008

December Tinker Time - Tinker Time is now on both Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 10:00am-Noon

Teddy Bear Tea - Saturday, December 27th from 2:30-4:00pm. Activities will include cookie decorating, story time, conversation games, hot beverages and a drawing for a fabulous door prize. All ages welcome, so please dress up and bring your teddy bear or other beloved stuffed animal. Price: $7 members/$10 non members.

Feeders, Flight, Fossils, and Flint - A new hands on activity series coming up at the end of the month.

HAUNTED MUSEUM MYSTERY OCT 24-25
Hey kids, come see the haunted museum! Travel the museum looking for missing pieces of our newest exhibit, the "Hannu Dragon's Tablet" and find your very own piece of the dragon's treasure!

Friday October 24 3-8pm and Saturday Oct 25 10-6.
$6 for adult and child. $3 for each additional child.

FREE DAY AT THE MUSEUM
Saturday, October 18th. Please join us for our 10-cent used book sale.

ALASKA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY'S "RUN FOR YOUR LIFE"!

Part of the Anchorage Big Wild Life Run and Humpy's Marathon Sunday, August 17, 2008.
An untimed race 2K for kids 12 and under.
Starts at 8:10 on 6th street.
Sign up at active.com, mail in or sign up in person
See anchoragerunningclub.org for details

Summer Tinker Time - New! Saturday Sessions start June 14th, 10-Noon.

Summer Camp: Various topics. Registration Required

May Tinker Time

April Tinker Time

Ice Age Camp

March Tinker Time

TINKER TIME IS BACK!
Find out more about our January events.

2007

DECEMBER PRESCHOOL ACTIVITIES
Come join the fun as we explore December's chilly theme: Winter!

NOVEMBER EVENTS
Preschool activities and an ASD Inservice Day.

PRESCHOOL PROGRAM BEGINS SEPTEMBER 18!
Come join the fun every Tuesday from 10am-12pm. Details now online.

SUMMER DAY CAMPS Information Online
Jaws & Claws, Invasion of the Pods, Mission to Mars, and MORE!

2006

Funding alert - May 29, 2006
Despite our rather late but concerted efforts to garner funding from the State Legislature and from our Washington legislators, funds for code work and improvements will not be forthcoming this year, so now is the time YOU can be of greatest assistance to keep the Museum alive.

Museum Hires New Executive Director
Katch Bacheller, past Board member, owner of RetailMakeover.com and successful business entrepreneur has been selected from a field of eminently qualified applicants to fill the position of Executive Director.

May Museum Update
A new musk ox exhibit, summer archeology for kids, and a welcome to new staff!

Summer Camps for Kids
Dinosaurs, Birds, Volcanoes, Ice Age, and more!

April Education Newsletter
Download the latest edition of the education newsletter

Gold Rush Era Archaeology
Join Museum Archaeologist David Yesner this summer for an excavation of a Gold Rush Era site in Knik, Alaska.

Spring Lecture Schedule
Prepare for our Feathered Summer Guests.

Letter to the Legislature
The Museum needs your help. Please contact your representative today! Here's how.

April Activities Find out what's going on at the museum this month.

March 2006 Museum Update
Get the latest on the museum's efforts in fundraising, exhibit planning, and more.

February 2006 Education Newsletter
The approach of spring means, of course, Spring Break. And we are looking forward to our special activities that will take place throughout the week.

2005

Owls give wide-eyed focal point for multi-artist exhibit
A new temporary art exhibit comes to the museum. Learn more.

Polar Dinosaurs Exhibition [exhibit closed]
Most dinosaurs were never meant to fly, but a collection of rare high latitude fossils that have flown around the world from Australia to Italy, Argentina, Japan and the U.S. are now coming to Alaska. These are the fossil beasts that revolutionized our ideas about the behavior of dinosaurs. The collection includes material from Alaska, Antarctica, Australia, New Zealand, and the tip of South America...

November Newsletter Online
Check out the latest newsletter for the scoop on museum happenings. Meet some of our staff, learn about a recent fossil walrus discovery, take a look at a great new outdoor mural and more! (PDF 831k | File no longer available)