![NEC building during the Grand Opening, with flags on Legislative Building.](https://naturalsciences.org/calendar/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/GO_Saturday_5691_640x480.jpg)
Museum offers discounted admission to featured exhibition Veterans Day weekend
November 10, 2016
The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is offering $5 tickets to its featured exhibition – “The Secret World Inside You” – for military personnel and their families this Veterans Day weekend, Nov. 11-13, 2016. Microbes — the term used for organisms that are too small to be seen with the naked eye — have… Read More >
![Head in the Clouds by Julie Cardillo. Oil on paper. (Cropped)](https://naturalsciences.org/calendar/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Cardillo_Head_in_the_Clouds_cropped_640x480.jpg)
“Groundlessness” by Julie Cardillo to open at the Museum’s Nature Art Gallery on Friday, November 4
November 3, 2016
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences’ Nature Art Gallery presents, “Groundlessness” by Julie Cardillo, Friday, November 4 through Sunday, November 27. A Gallery reception will be held Friday, November 4 from 4 to 6 p.m. inside the Museum Store. *The store will also close at 6 p.m. following the reception. Cardillo says… Read More >
![Map of Mercury taken by the MESSENGER spacecraft. Image credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington.](https://naturalsciences.org/calendar/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Mercury_elevation_NASA_640x480.jpg)
Out-of-This-World Symphony Experience at The Planets: LIVE! Nov. 18 and 19
November 2, 2016
N.C. Symphony and N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences Partner on Exciting Performance RALEIGH, N.C. – Enjoy an out-of-this-world experience that combines the music of Gustav Holst’s famous symphonic suite The Planets with stunning images from NASA missions sent to explore the planets of our solar system during a performance of the North Carolina Symphony in… Read More >
![Jackson Hole Science Media Awards Showcase](https://naturalsciences.org/calendar/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/JacksonHole16_640x480.jpg)
N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences to host winning films from Jackson Hole festival, Nov. 10-12
October 26, 2016
RALEIGH, N.C. — From the infinitesimal to the infinite, science plays a profound role in virtually every aspect of our daily lives. There has never been a more dynamic time in scientific discovery and innovation and the need for communicating science to public audiences and policy-makers has never been more important. Help celebrate the world’s most effective… Read More >
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Meet your microbes at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences’ new featured exhibition
October 20, 2016
Join us for a special media preview — Friday, October 21, 10:45 a.m. — as the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences reveals “The Secret World Inside You,” a new featured exhibition that explores the microscopic organisms that live on us and in us — microbes! The Museum is located at 11 West Jones St…. Read More >