You can reserve your North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences license plate!
Each standard NCMNS plate costs $30, with $20 directly benefiting the museum. If you’d like a personalized plate (selecting your own letters and numbers in addition to the artwork), the cost is $60.
How to Order
Complete the form and mail or email it to Kayla Gurley at Friends of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, ATTN: Kayla Gurley, P.O. Box 26928, Raleigh, NC 27611 or kayla.gurley@naturalsciences.org.
Pay online or mail a check, cashier’s check, or money order with your application. Checks should be payable to Friends of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.
- For a standard plate, enter $30 on the application. You will be assigned a plate number based on the order of your application. (Example: 0055, 0062, 0088, 0100, etc.)
- For a personalized plate, enter the additional $30 and adjust the total to $60.
- If personalizing, provide two plate options in case your first choice is unavailable. Personalized requests can be 4 letters but CANNOT be 4 numbers. There must be at least 1 letter.
- Please note that personalized requests are processed in the order they are received. If both options are unavailable, the DMV will reach out to you to choose another option.
Applications will be submitted to the DMV for processing when 500 are received. Please be advised that checks will not be cashed until we receive the required 500 applications, and your new place will take at least 6 months to arrive. Refunds cannot be issued.
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Need a printed application?
You may also pick up a paper application and instructions onsite at the museum Box Office, front desk, or museum stores.
For questions, contact Kayla Gurley at kayla.gurley@naturalsciences.org or 919.707.9861.