Alaska Children's Museum

Anchorage Home and Garden Show
2025-04-12 10:00 - 2025-04-13 17:00 (America/Anchorage) | Alaska Airlines Center, 3550 Providence Drive, Anchorage, Alaska, 99508
The Anchorage Home Show is partnering with the Alaska Botanical Garden this year for a one-stop shop for all things housing. Alaska Children’s Museum will have a booth with fun activities for families.

Ticket Admission

$10 – General Admission$8 – Seniors & Military Free – 17 & under

All tickets sold at entry

Go Blue Day 2025 at the Workshop
2025-04-04 17:00 - 19:00 | The Workshop Community Center, 1120 Huffman Road, Suite 11, Anchorage, Alaska, 99515
Go Blue Day is a statewide movement to raise awareness for Child Abuse Prevention Month and promote stronger, healthier communities for Alaska’s children and families. The Workshop Community Center is hosting a Go Blue Day family event with fun activities and resources from community partners.

Trick or Treat Street 2024
2024-10-26 12:00 - 16:00
Get ready for a family-friendly, spooktacular afternoon in Downtown Anchorage! Don your best costumes, get your heftiest candy bags ready, and enjoy fun activities as you wander along 4th Ave. and trick-or-treat at participating businesses.Hosted by Anchorage Downtown Partnership, TOTS 2024 will have the Visit Anchorage Spooky Log Cabin, local dance performances from FlowZone, a haunted trolley, llamas, vintage car trunk-or-treating, a costume contest for people and pets starting at 2 p.m., bouncy houses and a climbing wall! We’re excited to be part of the fun and hand out treats with all of our friends and neighbors!

National Fossil Day
2024-10-18 12:00 - 15:00 | Alaska Botanical Garden, 4601 Campbell Airstrip Rd, Anchorage, Alaska, 99507, United States
National Fossil Day is an annual celebration held to highlight the scientific and educational value of paleontology and the importance of preserving fossils for future generations

VOA Alaska Fall Festival
2024-10-06 12:00 - 16:00 | The Nave, 3502 Spenard Rd, Anchorage, Alaska, 99503
We are joining VOA Alaska again this year as a community partner for their Fall Festival family event. Enjoy an afternoon of FREE food, music, and activities, all while learning about community resources available to families.

Trunk or Treat with the Trades
2024-10-05 11:00 - 14:00 | ABC Anchorage Office, 301 Arctic Slope Ave, Anchorage, Alaska, 99518, United States
Dress up & enjoy over 40 trunk or treating stations, learn about construction trades, kid activities, read-aloud, photobooth giveaways, prizes & more. Ticketed event. $10 per treater / (4pk) $25. Proceeds go to Anchorage Homebuilders Association Shoebox Program. For 21 years, AHBA is providing a Secret Santa experience for more than 1,000 children in the Anchorage area who might not otherwise have a Christmas. AHBA has partnered with the Anchorage School District to help Santa make this holiday season merrier by giving these children backpacks filled with toys and essentials.

Alaska Children’s Museum will bring Rigamajig Basic Builder for kid-friendly, imaginative construction play.

Anchorage Pirate Fest
2024-09-14 14:00 - 19:00 | Town Square Park, 544 West 5th Avenue, Anchorage, 99501, United States
The Anchorage Pirate Festival evolved from the Pirate Pub Crawl to the Pirate Festival to welcome families into Pirate Cove in Downtown Town Square Park. Pirate vendors and activities are available starting at 2pm – fit for Pirates, Cabin Boys and Girls, Mermaids and Mermen of all ages.

Alaska Children’s Museum will be there with fun, pirate-themed activities for kids.

Trick or Treat in the Heat Kick Off Party — Kempton Hills
2024-09-08 16:30 - 17:00
Starting in 2005 as an impromptu block event to allow a terminally-ill five year old boy to experience one last Trick or Treat, this event has grown into a memorial fundraiser that supports Hospice of Anchorage, Make-A-Wish Alaska & Washington, and the Seattle and Anchorage Ronald McDonald Houses.Wristbands are sold online at https://totith.org/, which serve as the child’s admission ticket (note, adults do not require wristbands unless they are collecting candy too!)

Net proceeds from these wristbands are donated to the charities.Alaska Children’s Museum will be at the Kempton Hills Kick Off Party with treats!

Sunday Fresh Market O'Malley
2024-09-08 10:00 - 14:00 | O’Malley Centre, 11111 O'Malley Centre Dr, Anchorage, 99507
The Sunday Fresh Market is a family-oriented farmers market, crafted with the vision of creating learning opportunities and activities for the whole family.

WIC Mother’s Pampering Day
2024-08-30 11:00 - 14:00 | ​​​​L STREET WIC CLINIC​​​, ​825 L STREET #215, Anchorage, Alaska, 99501, United States
In honor of World Breastfeeding Week, the Anchorage WIC Clinic is hosting a day of pampering for mothers who are WIC participants and their families. There will be raffle prizes, goodie bags and family photos. Alaska Children’s Museum will be in the Kids’ Zone with toys and activities while moms enjoy being pampered and having make up done for the photos.

Double Shovel Outdoor Market
2024-08-25 12:00 - 16:00 | Double Shovel Cider Company, 502 W. 58th Ave, Anchorage, Alaska, 99518, United States
Double Shovel Cider Company is celebrating their 8 year anniversary by hosting a weekend-long outdoor celebration. Alaska Children’s Museum will be joining the party on Sunday with a booth for kids to have hands-on fun between exploring the market and enjoying tasty food truck treats!

Hobby Fest 2024
2024-08-24 10:00 - 17:00 | The Dome, 6501 Changepoint Drive, Anchorage, AK, 99518, United States
Anchorage Hobby Fest at the The Dome brings together over 13 clubs for RC aircraft demonstrations, car racing, and so much more.

Summer Makers Market + Mini Makers Market
2024-08-10 11:00 - 16:00 | Alaska Pacific University: Atwood Center, 4455 University Dr., Anchorage, Alaska, 99508, United States
Little Fish Workshop is hosting a Mini Maker’s Market and art takeover of the Atwood Hall at Alaska Pacific University. There will be over 50 artisans and makers, food trucks, and tables hosted by mini-makers.

Alaska Children’s Museum will be there with fun toys and activities for little makers!

Anchorage Cops for Community 10th Annual Clothesline Project
2024-08-03 10:00 - 14:00 | Clark Middle School, 150 Bragaw St, Anchorage, AK, 99518, United States
Alaska Children’s Museum will be providing activities during the Anchorage Cops for Community annual back to school clothing drive at Clark Middle School on Saturday, August 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

We are Anchorage Multicultural Festival
2024-07-27 13:00 - 22:00 | Town Square Park, 544 West 5th Avenue, Anchorage, 99501, United States
Free to attend multicultural festival celebrates the vibrant cultural diversity of our city, showcasing a rich tapestry of cultures through music, dance, art and cuisine. Alaska Children’s Museum will have activities and story time in the Kid’s Zone with our friends from Best Beginnings.

Día Del Niño
2024-04-27 12:00 - 16:00 | Government Hill Elementary School, 525 E Bluff Drive, Anchorage, AK, 99501, United States
Community Health Fair hosted by Enlaces Alaska at Government Hill Elementary School. There will be a bounce house, activities, and a community resource booth. https://www.facebook.com/events/645499901041024/

Trick or Treat Street
2023-10-28 12:00 - 16:00
Trick or Treat Street is a FREE & FUN event for families and children to trick or treat from business to business in downtown Anchorage in a safe and friendly environment.

VOA Fall Festival
2023-10-08 12:00 - 15:00
We are joining VOA Alaska as a community partner for their Fall Festival family event. Enjoy an afternoon of FREE food, music, and activities, all while learning about community resources available to families.

Climb Out of the Darkness
2023-10-07 16:00 - 18:00 | The Dome, 6501 Changepoint Drive, Anchorage, AK, 99518, United States
Climb out of the Darkness is a community walk and fundraiser to raise awareness of parent and caregiver mental health during the perinatal time. Alaska Children’s Museum will be there with activities for families with babies and young children to engage in play together.

Orange Shirt Day and Our World: Worldwide Day of Play
2023-09-30 12:00 - 15:00 | Town Square Park, 544 West 5th Avenue, Anchorage, 99501, United States
Join us in Downtown Anchorage on September 30 for an all-ages event for Orange Shirt Day and Our World: Worldwide Day of Play.
Orange Shirt Day is a national day of remembrance and healing in the US and Canada for Indigenous communities whose children were taken to residential schools and denied access to their languages, cultures and traditional learning experiences – including play.
Play is powerful and helps connect kids to the world around them, which is why we are excited to participate in Nickelodeon’s Our World: Worldwide Day of Play! We’re inviting friends and neighbors from all over the Anchorage area to come share games and activities from their communities. Our World: Worldwide Day of Play activities are made possible with the support of Association of Children’s Museums.

MAC Federal Credit Union Pop Up Event
2023-07-15 10:00 - 14:00 | MAC Federal Credit Union Wasilla, 2700 E Parks Highway, Wasilla, AK, 99654, United States
We’re loading up all of our toys and taking a field trip to Wasilla to host a museum without walls pop up event at MAC Federal Credit Union! CakeNeq Games will also be there with a custom Alaskan berry picking game for kids to play and learn a bit about video game development.

New Exhibit Celebration at Alaska Aviation Museum
2023-05-21 14:00 - 16:00 | Alaska Aviation Museum, 4721 Aircraft Drive, Anchorage, AK, 99502, United States
Come join us for the official re-opening of the kids space at the Alaska Aviation Museum!

Mother's Day Celebration
2023-05-14 09:00 - 14:00 | Alaska Native Heritage Center, 8800 Heritage Center Drive, Anchorage, AK, 99504, United States
Enjoy free admission to the Alaska Native Heritage Center and come to our booth to make beaded crafts with artist Angela Gonzalez and make Mother’s Day cards.

Go Blue Day
2023-03-31 16:00 - 18:00 | Fairview Recreational Center, 1121 E 10th Ave, Anchorage, AK, 99501, United States
Join Anchorage community organizations for a fun Family Activity Fair for Go Blue Day! Let’s build positive childhood experiences together by playing, learning, and having fun while we spread awareness of Child Abuse Prevention Month.
