Date

Event Announcement
Virtual Grand Opening: Bowhead Whale
University of Alaska Museum of the North
7 June 2021

For more information, go to:
https://uaf.edu/museum/education/family-programs/virtual-grand-opening-…

For questions, contact:
Jennifer Arseneau
Email: j.arseneau [at] alaska.edu
Phone: 907-474-6948

University of Alaska Museum of the North
Email: ua-museum [at] alaska.edu
Phone: 907-474-7505

The University of Alaska (UA) Museum of the North announces their upcoming Virtual Grand Opening: Bowhead Whale. This event will take place on 7 June 2021 at 12:00 p.m. AKDT on the UA Museum of the North YouTube channel.

This spring, the University of Alaska Museum of the North has articulated and suspended a 42-foot bowhead whale skeleton from the lobby’s ceiling, the first display of its kind in a North American museum.

Join organizers for a Virtual Grand Opening. Hear from project leaders and learn more about the challenges they overcame to prepare and suspend a 1,830-pound whale skeleton from the museum ceiling. Celebrate the project completion with museum and partners.

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For more information, go to:
https://uaf.edu/museum/education/family-programs/virtual-grand-opening-…

For questions, contact:
Jennifer Arseneau
Email: j.arseneau [at] alaska.edu
Phone: 907-474-6948

University of Alaska Museum of the North
Email: ua-museum [at] alaska.edu
Phone: 907-474-7505