Oh yeah, and for the OP: drive to Girdwood and have lunch at the Bakeshop. Have whatever soup they are serving that day, especially if it is Hungarian Mushroom. Eat a cinnamon roll and drink coffee on the way back to Anchorage, and take a loaf of sourdough bread with you and ask your hotel to toast it for breakfast. If it is running and the weather is clear I've heard the tram trip to the top of Alyeska is worth it.
Down thataway the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center is supposed to be good.
If you can do a long day away, or she can skip a day the Seward Sealife Center is small but fun.
And the Musk Ox Farm out towards Palmer is good, I've heard, but haven't been there.
The best (and best priced) Native arts and crafts are at the Alaska Native Hospital, and you support the artists more directly (and are most likely to actually get Native-made crafts). The shop is only open certain days and hours.
Every place, store or restaurant in this thread should be emailed and called (twice) though, as tourist season pretty much ends on Labor Day. Triple check that the day and time you are asking about is really a time they will be open.