AURORA ICE MUSEUM

RESORT HOURS OF OPERATION

              POOL HOUSE     7 AM - 12 MIDNIGHT

              RESTAURANT     7 AM - 10 PM

              LOUNGE            10 AM - 12 MIDNIGHT SUN-THU

                                      10 AM - 2 AM   FRI & SAT

              ACTIVITY CENTER     9 AM - 9 PM

              AURORA CAFE    9 AM - 12 MIDNIGHT

Aurora Ice Museum tours are scheduled for 11 AM, 1PM, 3PM, 5PM and 7PM every day, 365 days a year! Tickets are available for purchase in the Activities Center.  Please arrive at the Activity Center at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the tour.

Chena Hot Springs Resort is home to the world’s largest year-round ice environment in the world, the Aurora Ice Museum! It was created from over 1,000 tons of ice and snow all harvested at the resort. The museum was completed in January 2005 and stays a cool 20° Fahrenheit (-7° Celsius) inside. Keeping the museum icy cold in the heat of summer comes from the patented absorption chiller, the first of its kind in the world used for this purpose!

The Aurora Ice Museum gallery features amazing ice sculptures created by 15 time world champion ice carver Steve Brice, certified N.I.C.A (National Ice Carving Association) and his wife, Heather a 6 time world champion.

Within the museum, they have created a two story observation tower with a circular staircase, life size jousters on horse back, a polar bear bedroom, a Christmas tree bedroom, a kid's snowball 2 story fort, an igloo and an ice outhouse among other pieces of ice art and additional chambers made exclusively with our Alaska Diamond or Alaska Marble ice.

As you step inside the ice museum for the very first time, you are mesmerized by the ever-changing colored ice crystal chandeliers overhead depicting the Aurora Borealis.

After touring the museum, relax at the Aurora Ice Bar. Enjoy sipping our specialty beverage an “appletini” in an ice carved martini glass while awed by your surroundings. Sit comfortably on our caribou fur covered stools and take in the view or warm your hands by the ice fireplace. The Aurora Ice Museum at Chena Hot Springs Resort is truly one of a kind because it is open year-round! Come see it for yourself today!