The museum is not very big, but it is full of Alaskan history, culture and animal life. I learned a lot when visiting this museum. It also has a shop where you can buy some souvenirs to remember the place. I highly recommend it.

Oh, my! What a wonderful museum! Fully accessible (I'm in a wheelchair), beautifully laid out, filled with details and information, utterly gorgeous ... and the staff was friendly and knowledgeable and helpful! We could have stayed for hours longer; only exhaustion drove us out! Detailed for adults, with enough videos and child-friendly displays for the younger folks ... cannot recommend this highly enough! Allow several-several hours, at least!

Great small museum with a variety of exhibits. Good display of art pieces. I am not a great fan of museums, I am glad my friends made me come. I loved the exhibit from the book Into The Wild.

A very unique and informative museum of the North! Located on the hilltop of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, on the college campus grounds. But tourist and locals a like go to experience and enjoy this museum. The history, the ancient fossils, and artifacts were neat. Overall a must stop when in Fairbanks.

This is definitely one of Fairbanks' main tourist destinations. We took the Blue Line from the bus terminal downtown to reach the place. There's a lot of things on display on two levels that speak of the history and various cultural aspects of Alaska in general. Don't miss the 36,000 year old taxidermied steppe bison called "Blue Babe" and the preserved 21,300 year old baby wooly mammoth called "Effie" (among other things). Visiting the museum during winter is particularly fascinating, with snow-covered landscape surrounding it. Highly recommended!

The visit is about an hour. Though not too much to look, it’s still a great place to visit and learn about the state. Staff are helpful and there’s a place for sending postcards and collect the stamp. Great experience

Great exhibit of different cultures in Alaska. Nice artwork by local artists. Beautiful overlook. Near some hiking trails. Pay parking with plugs. $2.50 gets you plenty of time for the museum. Very nice gift shop. The special exhibit was about Black experience in Alaska.

Really enjoyed the Museum of the North. My only disappointment was that ‘Bus 142’ was still not on display, but I knew that, it’s on their website. I did ask what the final plans were and by the end of 2024 it should be on display outside. If you know the story of Chris McCandless, you’ll know the history, if not it’s a good book, or movie if you prefer. The displays were well set out over 4 main areas and we spent somewhere between 15 and 2h there, which I think did it justice. Entry was $20 USD as I recall.

Great stop as an orientation to the setting and culture of northern Alaska. Complements the museum in Anchorage in terms of content with a more specific focus on Fairbanks and northern Alaska. Beautiful setting, friendly staff and a couple of great videos.

Beautiful building houses this very nice museum. Visited as part of a tour, so had limited time! All exhibits were very well done! Lots of awesome items, but the most amazing thing to me was the dress made of salmon vertebrae….beautiful! Nice gift shop!