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Science Thursdays: Now open late! Special Programming: Science Cafe, Investigate Labs, Naturalist Center, Store & Exhibit Discounts Thursday Evenings, 5-9pm New wing open
Special Exhibit: Dinosaurs in Motion: Where Art and Science Meet. Opening May 18. Open late Thursdays & First Fridays New Wing Open
Deepwater Canyons: Follow the blog April 30-May 27 New Wing Open
Audio & Video - Get the latest Museum science videos here! New Wing Open

Now On Display

Dinosaurs in Motion

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Capturing the Beauty of Nature

Biological Illustration by NCSU students, May 1–July 31

Nature Art Gallery

May Flowers: Thrown Together Potters, May 3-June 2

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Museum Events

  • [05/22] International Biodiversity Day
  • [05/23] Science Cafe: Animal Hybrids
  • [05/30] Science Cafe: Why be nice? Cooperation among wild chimpanzees
  • [06/01] Science Saturday: A Look at Carolina Bays

 

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Museum News

  • Dinosaurs in Motion exhibition fuses Art with Science
  • NC Museum of Natural Sciences tops "Most Visited" ranking
  • "Science Thursdays" at the Museum: New Partnership Makes a Science Out of Having Fun
  • NC Museum of Natural Sciences named IMLS National Medal finalist
  • Video of NASA downlink with astronaut Tom Marshburn now available

Museum Blogs

  • Live from the Middle of Nowhere
  • Digging in the Desert
  • Spiders of the Sea - Picnogonids
  • Trawling for Science
  • We are coming live from the NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown…
  • Discovery of a New Deep Chemosynthetic Community
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