Fairbanks Children's Museum

10/12/2026

Note to self: Did last year's candy vessel make it? Do we need to buy a bucket? Are we going back to basic and using a grocery bag? Are reusable bags an option?

Thought of you. Check yours.

10/12/2026

Have you seen our new outdoor additions yet? Thanks to Brice Equipment Tire Division we now have picnic tables made by Alaska Plastic Recovery right outside our space! These are made from Alaskan plastic and they are sturdy enough to meet the demands of a children's museum. Yay!

10/10/2026

What about Legos for Christmas? Alaskan art? Yarn?

Aside from the fact that this fundraiser supports our operations, the auction items basically scream overachiever in the gift buying department and who doesn't want THAT badge of honor as a parent / grandparent / aunt / uncle / other title?!

Check out all the legos, art prints, and other items before bidding ends on 10/15: https://fairbankschildrensmuseum.betterworld.org/auctions/invest-imagination

10/09/2026

If you're looking for something to do on Halloween in Fairbanks - this is the event you don't want to miss!

Trick or Trivia is a kids-free Halloween event at FCM! Gather a group of friends (or join a table as an individual player) and meet us in our future space at City Hall for trivia, drinks, and good food on Saturday, October 24.

Doors open at 6pm | Trivia starts at 7pm

Get tickets online: https://fairbankschildrensmuseum.doubleknot.com/event/trick-or-trivia-2026/3160248

This event is sponsored by Tallanted, Somers Sotheby's International Realty and Hoffer Glass, Inc! 🎃

10/09/2026

And they drove these big tables all the way to Fairbanks! 💚

A special thank you goes to Brice Equipment and Brice Inc. Brice Equipment Tire Division for donating these amazing tables!

Grizzly Wood tables for the Fairbanks Children's Museum

700 miles north, with a tableful of smiles waiting 🚚💚

Yesterday we rolled into Fairbanks with a special delivery for the Fairbanks Children's Museum: four 8-foot ADA-accessible Grizzly Wood picnic tables, plus a pint-sized 3-foot table built just for little hands. 🧒

The Children's Museum is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, so we were glad to pitch in — donating the child-sized table and the cost of shipping it all the way up the Parks Highway. When we first offered, Development Director Angel Peger put it better than we ever could:

💬 "This is the best news — you just made my summer."

That's exactly why we do this. These tables are made from recycled Alaska plastic, they'll shrug off Fairbanks winters without rot or splinters, and they'll give kids and families a sturdy place to gather, create, and snack for decades to come.

A huge thank-you to Angel Peger and to Togi Letuligasenoa for making it happen, and to the crew who helped us wrestle these (not-so-light!) tables into place. Fairbanks, enjoy them! 🎨

10/08/2026

Halloween at the Fairbanks Children's Museum is not so spooky!

For the little(r) friends in town, we'll dim the lights for slightly spooky activities all day:
🪳 Meeting a cockroach
📖 Storytimes
🧪 Making slime
🎵 Dance parties

Not So Spooky Halloween at FCM - Friday, October 30, 10am-5pm.
Regular admission applies | Members play free!

This event is sponsored by OP Realty Group 🎃

10/08/2026

And while we're talking about professional development (missed it? Scroll one back), these two brains-of-the-operation toured established children's museums in the Lower48 to gather information and inspiration for our new space at City Hall.

Thanks for showing them around, KidsQuest Children's Museum and Seattle Children's Museum!

10/07/2026

Go play trivia at Humble Roots B**r Project on Wednesday, October 21!

10/07/2026

"They just play all day, it's such an easy job!" Where, I ask? WHERE?! Let me tell you about what we do:

People hear "Children's Museum" and often assume we just play all day. Like it's so easy. Did you know there is actual science behind play and entire organizations dedicated to the absolutely mind-blowingly important work that children's museums do?! Just take Association of Children's Museums, for example, who advocate, educate, and generally dominate in the name of early childhood education. We go to their annual conference and we come back smarter, inspired, connected.

But that's not all we do. Our staff works REALLY FREAKING HARD to get better at what they do here so that kids in our community get to benefit from the science behind "just play" every time they step foot into our space (or meet us outside somewhere).

Take Teal, for example, who just went through a program called MuseumLab for Museum Professionals, a professional development program focused on exhibit and experience design, held through the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh. The program included a week of virtual meetings, followed by six days of on site training and learning in Pittsburgh. Each member of the cohort was tasked with moving a project forward, which Teal used to design and put together a traveling museum kit to streamline our packing system for our village outreaches. And two weeks ago, they presented the project at the Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) conference in Phoenix, Arizona, alongside other cohort members.

What we offer here is backed by science and official organizations, it's not "just play" and it's developed by PROFESSIONALS.

Still here? Thanks for reading.
- One passionate Comms Director

10/05/2026

New week, new space activities in the Imagineering Lab and in weekly programming!

We're also hosting camps all day on Thursday and in the afternoon on Friday, so be aware of additional friends when you stop by! 🚀