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To show appreciation for all North Carolina state employees, the NC Museum of Natural Sciences is offering free admission to this special exhibition from now until April 27th. Simply show your state identification at the Museum Box Office, 11 West Jones Street. Friends and family will still need to purchase tickets. About the Special Exhibition… Read More >

On Monday morning, May 31, 1926, H.H. Brimley, director of what was then known as the North Carolina State Museum, answered his phone. On the other end of the line a faint but very excited voice announced: “Humphrey talking! From Swansboro! Big fish — 1,500 pounds — 7½ feet long — nothing like it ever… Read More >

When monitoring the health of mammal populations, scientists often use camera traps to observe the animals in their habitats. But weasels are so sneaky they’re rarely caught on camera – leaving scientists with questions about this population of predators. “We’re a little worried about the weasels,” says Roland Kays, a research professor at North Carolina… Read More >

PBS NC’s SciNC program recently posted a video highlighting exciting research that was revealed last July. “Scientists just found a dinosaur no one knew existed” was produced by PBS NC in partnership with five students from the Hussman School of Media and Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The story? A… Read More >

Have a car or truck? Love dinosaurs? Soon fans of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences will be able to display their support on their vehicles. The N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles has an application pending for a specialty license plate featuring the toothy skeleton of Acrocanthosaurus, one of the museum’s signature dinosaur specimens… Read More >