- Museum Classes
Kids Classes
Children and Family Art Classes
Children's workshops meet every day for one week.
Time Travelers: An Exploration of Yup'ik Science
A joint Museum and Imaginarium Culture Camp
June 23-27 Field Camp for 4-6th grade
July 7-11 Field Camp for 4-6th grade
9:00am-4:30pm
@ Pacific Northern Academy and the Anchorage Museum
$265/ wk members, $285/wk non-members
(includes a $15 special activity fee)
Register online. For questions, email the Imaginarium.
Travel into the past and discover some of Alaska's earliest inhabitants - the YUP'IK PEOPLE! Explore how the Yup'ik people survived and thrived by using only what nature provided. Have you ever heard of boots made out of grass? How about a raincoat sewn with seal guts or sunglasses carved from wood? The time traveler's itinerary includes a stop at the Alaska Native Heritage Center and hands on workshops at the Anchorage Museum's Yup'ik Science exhibit.
AGES 6-9
Stories Heard, Stories Told
1 to 4 p.m., July 7 through 11
$120 members/$130 non-members
Learn how Alaska legends and tales were passed down through time. Create your own story and share it with others through art, dance, song and performance.
Join the Parade!
10 a.m. to 12 p.m., July 14 through 18
$75 members/$85 non-members
Create masks of Alaskan creatures. Make up a story and stage a parade.
FromBeginning2End
10 a.m. to 12 p.m., July 21 through 25
$75 members/$85 non-members
Be inspired by the new Children's Exhibit! Create heroes/heroines with costumes, props, music and dance.
Rock, Scissors, Paper
10 a.m. - 12 p.m., August, 4 through 8
$75 members/$85 non-members
Build whimsical sculptures and nests to host a wealth of imaginary creatures.
AGES 9-12
Alaska Explorer Camp
9 a.m. to 12 p.m., July 7 through 11
$120 members/$130 non-members
Become an 18th century explorer! Choose a character, wear the costume and embark on an amazing journey to Alaska's past.
Painting Light and Shadow in the North
1 to 4 p.m., July 14 through 18
$120 members/$130 non-members
Use charcoal and acrylics to create landscape paintings as you learn from the masters in the Art of the Far North galleries.
A Real Page Turner
1 to 4 p.m., July 21 through 25
$120 members, $130 non-members
Create the biggest book in Alaska, a four foot high book! Make your own paper.
Gold Rush Camp
9 a.m. to noon, August 11 through 15
$120 members/$130 non-members
Gold! Gold! Gold! Are you ready to stake a claim? This camp will take you every step of the wayÑfrom getting your gear ready to actually panning for gold.
FEES
Fees as indicated in schedule.
REGISTRATION
Registration for art classes continues through the first meeting of each class.
REGISTER BY PHONE
Register by calling
(907) 343-6185.
REGISTER BY MAIL
Download, print, fill out
and mail this form to:
Education Department
Anchorage Museum
121 West 7th Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99501.
REGISTER BY FAX
Download, print, fill out
and fax this form to:
(907) 343-6149
PAYMENT
Payment must be received prior to the first class meeting. Payment can be made by credit card, cash (if paying cash you will get a receipt) or check (payable to Anchorage Museum Association) made out to the Anchorage Museum Association.
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NOTE:
The museum is an accredited cultural institution offering year round programs for children and adults. Its Art Classes are exempt from the Municipality of Anchorage child care and educational center code (under AMC 16.55.050B.8.) which states that the museum has a "recreational program that children are allowed to attend voluntarily in which the program assumes no responsibility for care of the children, and in which all children are of school age.