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  • NC Wildlife Photography Exhibit CLOSED MONDAY, MARCH 30
    March 30, 2009 - 11:00am
    Closed Monday March 30 for repairs.
  • First Friday: They Came from Beyond Space (1967)
    March 26, 2009 - 8:00am
    "They Came from Beyond Space" (1967) lands on the big screen of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh at 7 pm on Friday, April 3. Also: Last chance for entries to the Natural Horror Picture Show "Make Your Own Movie Trailer" Contest.
  • NC Museum of Natural Sciences and Burt’s Bees team up again for Planet Earth Celebration 2009
    March 16, 2009 - 3:30pm
    For the second year in a row, downtown Raleigh will be transformed into a fun forum for learning and entertainment with the return of Planet Earth Celebration--Respect Your Mother at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.
  • NC Museum of Natural Sciences hosts "Chocolate: The Exhibition"
    March 16, 2009 - 3:07pm
    A gift for the gods. A symbol of wealth and luxury. An economic livelihood. Bonbons. Hot fudge. Candy bars. Get the complete story behind the tasty treat that we crave in "Chocolate," a tantalizing new exhibition showing at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh from May 9 to September 7, 2009.
  • Museum hosts annual fund raising bash to support Educators of Excellence Fund
    January 17, 2009 - 7:00am
    Love In The Tropics will feature live music with Saludos Compay, dancing, silent auction, and 50/50 raffle.
  • Bogan’s book of mussels
    January 8, 2009 - 6:46pm
    After almost 13 years of research, Museum malacologist Arthur E. Bogan can see the reality of his hard work in a new book titled “Freshwater Mussels of Alabama and the Mobile Basin in Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee.”
  • Darwin Lecture Series
    January 8, 2009 - 3:23pm
    The Charles Darwin Lecture Series kicks off Thursday, February 12
  • Museum seeks applicants for educational adventures abroad
    January 7, 2009 - 12:06pm
    If you are a formal or informal educator in North Carolina currently teaching science and have a desire to travel and learn, now is the time to apply for one of these inspiring educational adventures, which take place this summer in Yellowstone National Park, Ecuador and Belize. Administrators, environmental educators or university professors who work with these teachers may also apply.
  • Lecture: Comparing the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Hebrew Bible
    November 3, 2008 - 4:54pm
    Dead Sea Scrolls Distinguished Lecture Series The Biblical Dead Sea Scrolls: Emanuel Tov
  • Documentary film looks at life on the ocean floor off the coast of North Carolina
    June 13, 2008 - 11:01am
    Dive into the dark depths of the Atlantic Ocean, where deep-sea coral thrives and creates a diverse habitat that has been described as looking like "a land where Dr. Seuss went crazy." Come see this newly explored world for yourself when the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh premieres "Beneath the Blue" on Saturday, May 17 at 6 pm. Free.

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