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•Creamers Field
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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. |
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Fairbanks Community Museum• |
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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. |
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•Fairbanks Ice Museum• |
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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. |
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•Fairbanks Native Association• |
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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. |
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Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum• |
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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. |
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Friends of the Tanana Valley Railroad Museum• |
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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
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Pioneer Air Museum• |
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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. |
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Pioneer Museum
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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. |
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University of Alaska Museum
of the North• |
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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 |
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Wickersham House Museum•
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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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