The More You Look

Welcome to The More You Look, a production of the UA Museum of the North and your behind-the-scenes journey into museum collections, research, exhibits, and public programming from Fairbanks Alaska. Join us as we talk about special exhibitions in development, and changes to look for in the permanent galleries. Not just the what, but the how and why. Learn about new programs and new ways to get involved. Curators will discuss the latest field season and collections managers what new finds have come to our labs to be cataloged, studied, and made available to researchers worldwide. We’ll get a look at major projects on the horizon and notable ones from years past. We’ll visit the museum labs–and field camps throughout Alaska and gain a better understanding of not only what this museum is within and without its walls, but quite possibly what discussions take place within any art and natural and cultural history museum that you might venture inside.

The More You Look is now also a KUAC FM radio show.

Contributors

Host

Roger Topp

Roger Topp is Director of Exhibits, Design, and Digital Media at the UA Museum of the North and has been with UAMN for more than 24 years. He came to Fairbanks and the North as a graduate student and earned an M.S. in physical oceanography and an M.F.A. in creative writing. He brings to museum exhibits diverse experiences in project management, strategic planning, video production, computer animation, game design, and software and hardware programming. At the extremes, he is a six-time state and one-time national champion fencer, state champion archer, and a prize-winning slam poet. Even further outside the world of museums, his short fiction and nonfiction have appeared in Zyzzyva, The Maine Review, Bennington Review, West Branch, Orca, West Trade Review, and many other journals and magazines.