The museum located on the University of Alaska, Fairbanks campus, is one of our favorites. In early 2000 it was renovated and new areas for displays were opened. The exterior is very modern looking
as well as the lobby.
Otto, the 9 ft. grizzly, still stands guard on some of the displays
including the other animals
polar bear and seals
muskox and wolves
reindeer skeleton
Blue babe,steppe bison
dall sheep
bear and eagle
ptarmagin (one dresses for summer and one winter)
There are many exhibits depicting early native life, including dance mask, gloves and drum
and dance stick
Beautiful native clothing
beaded color
mask
totum pole
approx. 3000 pounds of jade
more mask and sunglasses to protect from the sun and glare off the snow
A carved Yup’ik angel
many native dolls and toys
Some outhouses are beautifully decorated and there are even outhouse races in some cities
The natives do not waste any part of the fish or animals they kill.
This is a basket made from fish skin
On the grounds we saw a block house that had been moved here and restored. The gun slits are visible on all sides.
We were not able to see the northern lights while in Fairbanks but did see several excellent movies explaining what occurs all the time but not always visible to us.
We had been advised to allow at least four hours. However after this time we went out to lunch and returned for several more hours. The three films shown take over one and a half hours to view.
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