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The Musk Ox Farm is a nonprofit organization dedicated to gentle musk ox husbandry, production of qiviut, and education to the public.
Located 45 minutes from Anchorage, the Musk Ox Farm provides a fascinating look at the animal reintroduced to Alaska in the 1930s. Take a 45 minute walking tour of the farm, where you’ll meet the incredible Arctic ungulate up close.
The Musk Ox Farm is nestled in the pastoral Matanuska Valley just outside of Palmer, Alaska, a scenic fifty-minute drive from downtown Anchorage. Our picturesque Colony farm, where we continue a unique domestication project, begun sixty years ago, is home to a lively herd of over seventy musk oxen, from powerful bulls to frolicking calves.
Our picturesque Colony farm, where we continue a unique domestication project, begun sixty years ago, is home to a lively herd of over seventy musk oxen, from powerful bulls to frolicking calves. Our educators would love to take you on a 45 minute walking tour to see and learn all about our musk oxen!
Join us for an OX-ceptional guided educational tour of the Musk Ox Farm to learn about these amazing Arctic ungulates, our project history, the natural history of musk oxen, and their amazing natural fiber. Hours vary by season.
31 lip 2014 · Discover Musk Ox Farm in Palmer, Alaska: An Alaska livestock farm devotes itself to harvesting wool from creatures that once ran with mammoths and sabertooth tigers.
Just a couple minutes North of downtown Palmer, the Musk Ox Farm is a non-profit organization dedicated to the domestication of the musk ox and to the promotion of qiviut production as a gentle and sustainable agricultural practice in the far north.
