Each year the Museum hosts a yearlong exhibition for children and their families. They have done so for the past sixteen years. Exhibition themes have included maps, artist boxes, artists' books, computer art, masks, the Middle Ages, fashion, and more. Every element in the 5,000 square feet that make up the Museum's children's gallery becomes part of the storyline that takes visitors on a tour of an imaginary world. Walls of the gallery are transformed into forests or the walls of ancient castles.
Children can climb on moon crawlers, steamrollers, submarines, and trains.
The giant column in the center of the main gallery challenges our creativity each year. Over the years, exhibition designer Don Mohr has transformed it into a giant ink tube, volcano, beanstalk, castle turret, and circus carousel. Even the floor of the gallery changes from year to year to fit the theme. The idea behind the exhibition program is to teach children about key concepts in contemporary art. The exhibits are enhanced by eight weeks of summer workshops and a full year of art classes taught by artists from the Anchorage community.