To The Arctic Opening Celebration

Saturday, April 21

Help us celebrate the opening of the new IMAX® film, To The Arctic. Bring your cubs and enjoy a variety of Arctic-themed activities.

Scheduled Activities*

Florian Schulz, Wildlife Photographer
10am – noon, Museum Store
Meet award-winning photographer Florian Schulz, who accompanied the IMAX® crew during the filming of To The Arctic. Learn more about what it was like to photograph the remote landscape and diverse wildlife of the Arctic.

Georgia Bubbleman
10am – 2pm, Dinosaur Entrance Plaza
Enjoy an interactive demonstration with bubbles of all sizes, including bubbles inside other bubbles and bubbles ranging from tiny to some as big as the juvenile Lophorhothon in the in the Dinosaur Entrance Plaza.

Lars the Polar Bear
10am – 2pm, Great Hall
Meet Lars the Polar Bear from the childrens’ book series, The Little Polar Bear, by Hans de Beer. 

Polar Habitat Toss Game
10am – 2pm, Great Hall
Help the animals find their way to the correct polar habitat in this fun toss game.

Pin the Tail on the Polar Bear
10am – 2pm, Great Hall
Oh no! Our polar bear has lost his tail. Can you help him find it?

Walk like a Polar Bear
10am – 2pm, Great Hall
Learn how polar bears’ feet allow them to walk across ice and snow without slipping.

Snowflake Rubbings
10am – 2pm, Great Hall
Snow in April, in Atlanta?!? We can make it happen! Create your own snowflake to take home.

Arctic Animals Matching Game
10am – 2pm, Great Hall
Lemmings, arctic foxes, snowy owls and more! Learn about them all in our fun matching game.

Big Thinkers Science Exploration
11am and 1pm, Great Hall
Sometimes science has to be big! Join Big Thinkers Science as they wow you with some super “cool” experiments.

To The Arctic
11am, 1pm, 3pm and 5pm, Fernbank’s IMAX® Theatre
Take an extraordinary journey to the top of the world for a story of love, family and survival in the harshest place on Earth. Requires separate ticket purchase.

Cost: Except where noted, all To The Arctic Opening Celebration activities are included with Museum admission and are free for members.

*Activities subject to change without notice.

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