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  Creamers Field - Farmhouse Visitor Center
 
1300 College Road, turn north on Creamer’s Lane
Hours: Call
Admission: None; donations accepted.
Phone:  (907) 452-5162
The Farmhouse is located just in front of the dairy barns and creamery building. Creamer’s Field trail system is open year-round and multi-use trails are groomed throughout the winter. In addition to the trails, there are viewing platforms around the margins of the fields as well as a Visitor Center and gift shop located in the historic Farmhouse. Inside the Farmhouse Visitor Center are exhibits on bird migration, wildlife found on the Refuge, and the history of the Creamer’s Dairy. There is also a small gift shop located in the Visitor Center carrying an array of nature-themed and locally made items.
 
  Fairbanks Community Museum   
 
5th & Cushman (in Old City Hall)
Hours: Summer: Tues-Sat 10:00 - 6:00
Admission: Free - Donations Welcome
Phone:  (907) 457-3669
This museum tells the history of Fairbanks, was founded to help revitalize the downtown area. Features interpretive displays, period artifacts, newspapers, archival photos, dog mushing memorabilia, & the official Yukon Quest store has moved to the old Visitors Center - call for info:  (907) 452-7954.
   
  Fairbanks Ice Museum
 
Corner 2nd Ave & Lacy St (Lacy St Theater)
Hours: Call
Admission: See Below
Phone:  (907) 451-8222
Late February to late March:  World Ice Art Championships - George Horner Ice Park - sculpting on view (not free).
Call to verify this information:  Many sculptures are preserved at the historic Lacy Street Theater.  Offering Full Multi-Media Show: $12 for Adult, $11 for Military & Seniors, $6 for Children 6 - 12yrs, $2 for 5 & under; Slide show, Photo Ops in Ice Showcase, Ice Carving Demonstration.
 
  Fairbanks Native Association
 
605 Hughes Ave
Hours: M - F Call between 8am & 5pm
Admission: None; donations accepted.
Phone:  (907) 452-1648
Contemporary collection of Athabascan cultural materials; gift shop.
 
  Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum  
 
212 Wedgewood Drive
Hours: Sun-Thurs 11am - 10pm; Fri/Sat 11a-6pm
Admission: Call for Prices
Phone:  (907) 450-2100
 Features over 70 historically significant American automobiles and showcases the interesting heritage of the automobile during Alaska’s post-Gold Rush era. The collection includes rare gems like a 1899 Hertel, 1904 Stevens-Duryea, 1917 Owen-Magnetic, 1921 Heine-Velox, 1933 Auburn V-12 dual ratio custom speedster and 1938 Elto Midget.  Visitors can also view the museum’s vintage fashion collection, which traces the progression of fashion from the late Victorian through early Swing eras.
   
  Friends of the Tanana Valley Railroad Museum  
 
Pioneer Park, 2300 Airport Way
Hours: Daily 11am - 9pm
Admission: Free
Phone:  (907) 451-0037
The museum building consist of two parts a large shop area to work on Engine #1 and other restoration projects, and a smaller area where we have an area for displays and a short track to display the engine. This is a working museum where visitors can see what is going on in the shop and learn something about the engine and the Tanana Valley Railroad.  See the operational Narrow Gauge Steam Locomotive, Engine #1, Information and Schedule
 
  Morris Thompson Visitor Center  
 
101 Dunkel Street
Hours: Daily 8am - 9pm
Admission:  Free
Phone:  (907) 459-3700
Find all the information you’ll need for your visit to Interior and Arctic Alaska, Explore world-class exhibits of Alaska’s four seasons, Experience Alaska Native art, music, stories & dance.  The Fairbanks Convention & Visitors Bureau, Alaska Public Lands and Tanana Chiefs Conference all share the space.
 
  Pioneer Air Museum  
 
Pioneer Park, 2300 Airport Way
Hours: Memorial Day-Labor Day: Daily 11am - 9pm
Admission: $2; Under 12; Families: $5
Phone:  (907) 451-0037
Discover the birthplace of Alaska aviation-16 aircraft, 41 engines, 50 years of aviation radio history; miscellaneous memorabilia of Interior and Arctic Alaska aviation history including the remains of Carl Ben Eielson's Hamilton aircraft, pictures and WWII artifacts. Operated by the Interior & Arctic Alaska Aeronautical Foundation. Museum shop sells books, pins, post cards, and shirts.
 
  Pioneer Museum & Show   
 
Pioneer Park, 2300 Airport Way
Hours: Memorial Day-Labor Day: Daily 12am - 8pm
Admission: No fee; Show: Adults $2; Under 12: $0.50
Phone: (907)456-8579
Pioneer Museum displays historical collections of photos and artifacts of Fairbanks and the Fairbanks mining district from its beginnings in 1902 and early days through World War II. The show, "The Big Stampede" portrays the Gold Rushes to the Klondike and to Fairbanks. It comes alive through the brush of Fairbanks' and Alaska's premiere artist, C. "Rusty" Heurlin. It is dramatically lit as one progresses through history, guided by the descriptive narrative of Alaska Poet Laureate Ruben Gaines.
 
  University of Alaska Museum of the North
 
907 Yukon Drive
Hours: May 15-Sept. 15:   9am - 9pm daily
Admission:  Adults $10, Seniors $9, Youth (7-17) $5
Phone: (907) 474-7505
Programs in education and exhibits; collections in aquatics, archeology, earth sciences, ethnology, herbarium, history, fine arts, mammalogy, education & ornithology.  Gift Shop.  Movie admission: $5;  Audio Guide: $4
 
  Wickersham House Museum•               
 
Pioneer Park, Airport Way
Hours: Memorial Day-Labor Day: Daily 12am - 8pm

Admission: None; donations accepted.
Phone: (907) 455-8947
A small house museum, dedicated to the life and times of Judge James Wickersham and his family during the years 1900-1910. House, furnishings and decor are authentic to the time period and to the Wickersham family. Tanana-Yukon Historical Society.
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