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With over 9,000 students, the University is a
modern campus with something for all ages, not just
the academically minded. UAF is the state’s research
facility, nationally and internationally recognized as
a leader in Arctic research and education. It is the
home of the Geophysical Institute, the Institute of
Artic Biology, the School of Fisheries and Ocean
Sciences and the Alaska Native Language Center. The
university also operates the nation’s largest volcano
observational network and a rocket range. It boasts
the number one ranked museum in the state, walking
tours and botanical garden. Pick up a map when you
arrive on campus to find the following activities and
sites.
The University’s impressive Museum of the North
See Video wing highlights the state’s largest gold display, a
woolly mammoth and mummified steppe bison,
Alaska Native art and artifacts. The Museum’s 1.4
million artifacts and specimens represent millions of
years of biological diversity and more than 11,000
years of cultural tradition in the North. Hear the
voices of the sun, the moon, earthquakes and the
Pioneer Air Museum Aurora by visiting the Place Where You Go to Listen,
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VC Travel Guide an ever-changing sound and light environment. The
Rose Berry Alaska Art Gallery showcases 2.000
years of Alaskan art from the Museum’s archaeology,
brought a boom to Fairbanks in the 1970s. Yukon Quest, run between Fairbanks and Whitehorse. ethnology and fine arts collections. The Arnold Espe
Campgrounds and RV parks are available in town University of Alaska, Fairbanks Auditorium hosts a variety of multimedia programs.
as well as off the beaten path in scenic Alaskan A chief support in the economy of Fairbanks The Museum gift shop sells an impressive array of
wilderness. Denali National Park lies only 120 miles through the years has been the University of Alaska. jewelry, books, posters and native art.
south of Fairbanks. Congress designated land in the Tanana Valley for a To view the wide array of flowers and plants that
Dog mushing remains extremely popular and land-grant institution in 1915. Six faculty members grow in the northern climate, head to the Georgeson
many spectators can be found watching the weekend and six students originally comprised the agricultural Botanical Garden for a self-guided tour. Admission
sprints at the track just north of town. The thrilling college. The statewide administration for colleges and is $1 and the diversity of flora will delight viewers
competition builds throughout the season and reaches universities is still located in Fairbanks, as this was of all ages.
a fever pitch with international participation in the the main institution of higher learning in Alaska for The Robert G. White Large Animal Research
Open North American race and the 1,000 mile-long decades. Station (LARS) is just down the road from the

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