University of Alaska Museum of the North, Natural and cultural museum in Fairbanks, United States.

The University of Alaska Museum of the North is a natural, cultural and art history museum on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus. Its building, designed by Joan Soranno of HGA Architects, has an angular white form inspired by Alaska's landscapes and auroras. Galleries opened in 2005 and 2006 hold over 2.5 million artifacts and specimens, from Arctic dinosaurs to a Tlingit Chilkat robe.

The museum was mandated in the 1917 legislation that established the University of Alaska. In 1924 university president Charles E. Bunnell directed Otto Geist to collect items for display, and until 1936 the collection was scattered across campus before being consolidated in what is now Signers' Hall. A capital campaign begun in 1975 led to a new building by architect Joan Soranno of HGA, opened to the public in late 2005 with further galleries in 2006.

The Rose Berry Alaska Art Gallery shows work by Alaskan artists, from ivory carvings to contemporary paintings that reflect life in the far north. The pieces come from very different communities, giving visitors a sense of how art has been made across the state over generations.

The museum sits on the university campus and can be reached on foot or by car without difficulty. The space covers a lot of ground, so it is worth setting aside a generous amount of time to move through the galleries at a relaxed pace.

The museum holds the only known restored mummy of an Ice Age steppe bison in the world, an animal that lived in Alaska tens of thousands of years ago. Alongside this, it displays one of the largest collections of natural gold nuggets found in the state, shown together in a single case.