The Alaska State Museum throws a free 10th-birthday party

A decade after the Andrew P. Kashevaroff Building opened, the museum is celebrating with a free afternoon of planetarium shows, salmon hats, balloon animals — and cake.

The Andrew P. Kashevaroff Building turns 10 this month, and the Alaska State Museum is marking it the right way — with cake.

On Saturday, June 27, the museum throws a free public birthday party from 1 to 4 p.m. at its home on Whittier Street in Juneau. No registration, no admission, just an afternoon of hands-on fun: a pop-up planetarium, a marine-mammal matching game, salmon hats, yarn wish sticks, bracelet making, balloon animals, and free books. The Friends of the Alaska State Library, Archives, and Museum are bringing cake, while it lasts.

Organizers are billing it as an afternoon of celebration, creativity, and hands-on fun — a decade in, a low-key thank-you to the community from the building that gathers the state's museum, library, and archives under one roof.