About The Imaginarium

Mission

To stimulate interest in and understanding of science and technology through exciting, inquiry-based, hands-on, minds-on exhibits and programs.

Vision

The Imaginarium will assume a leadership role to improve science literacy across all generations and will work to ensure that science literacy is a cornerstone of both personal and state success in the 21st century.

Like the ability to read a hundred years ago, the ability to understand an increasingly complex technological society will no longer be the purview of a privileged few, but a basic requirement for meeting the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. Across every field of endeavor, effective citizenship in the future will demand a familiarity with technologies and science-driven social issues that can only be dimly perceived today. The Imaginarium will be at the heart of a community-wide effort to prepare Alaskans for that future.

The Imaginarium will also act as the catalyst for working with institutions of similar vision to effectively demonstrate, in multi-faceted, dynamic learning situations, the unique and valuable correlation between art, science, humanities and technology.

All these activities will take place within a fiscally responsible framework and will be based on community input. A board of directors, professional staff, and volunteer corps, which reflect the diversity of Alaskans, will exercise the highest standards of stewardship and public service. We will create a great place to work, with a fairly compensated, dedicated, professional staff. We will leverage resources by attracting and motivating a strong volunteer corps and aggressively pursuing partnerships with organizations that share our vision.

Through these efforts, we will affirm The Imaginarium’s status as a first-class institution, helping to enable the citizens of Alaska to meet the challenges of the next century.