MUSEUM CLOSED Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov 26
November 20, 2009
The Museum will be closed Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26, and will resume normal operating hours Friday, November 27.
Museum event reveals what goes bump in the night
October 23, 2009
Discover the unnatural history of cane toads and bullfrogs. Participate in the spider toss. Or make your own bat mask. All at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences’ Natural History Halloween celebration on Saturday, October 31, from 11am-5pm. Free!
Museum opens exhibit on Arctic Refuge October 17
October 2, 2009
This fall, follow along on a photographic expedition through Alaska’s 19.2-million-acre Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, courtesy of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences' newest special exhibit, “Journey Through the Arctic Refuge,” on display Saturday, October 17 through January 10. Free.
Museum and The Human Spark
September 16, 2009
The Museum, together with UNC-TV, was one of nine national partnerships chosen by WNET/Thirteen (PBS affiliate in NYC) to conduct local outreach in support of a new television series called The Human Spark. The three-part series— hosted by Alan Alda— explores the nature of human uniqueness and is scheduled to air in January.
3rd Annual "Take A Child Outside Week", Sep. 24-30
September 16, 2009
Take A Child Outside Week, a national initiative spearheaded by the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences kicks off Thursday, September 24.
BugFest Critter Cook-off, Thursday, Sept. 10 at 11 am
September 9, 2009
Brian O'Hara, from Irish pub Tir Na Nog, battles Howard McCall from the Mint in this year's BugFest Critter Cook-off.
BugFest 2009 explores the Land of Lepidoptera
September 4, 2009
Hey waiter. Where can I go to guarantee a fly in my soup? BugFest 2009 of course! The biggest bug-centric festival in the country— only at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh, Saturday, September 12, 9am–9pm.
Museum protects Oompa Loompas from Vermicious Knids
August 31, 2009
It’s everybody’s non-pollutionary, anti-institutionary, pro-confectionery factory of fun! It’s scrumdiddlyumptious! It’s the original “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" (1971).
Museum presents “Of Chocolate and Kings,” a lecture on the history of chocolate
August 19, 2009
Join Dorie Reents-Budet, Curator of the Art of the Ancient Americas collection at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, for a discussion of the origins of chocolate, its social and economic roles, and its myriad recipes among the Olmecs, the Maya and the Aztecs, spanning more than 2,500 years of culinary history and enjoyment.
Museum paleontologist pens new book on evolution
August 4, 2009
In *Islands in the Cosmos: The Evolution of Life on Land*, Senior Curator of Paleontology Dale A. Russell traces a path from the dawn of the universe to speculations about our future on this planet.
