NEWS

RALEIGH — Friday night programming at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is back with new movies, programs, food, and a new name — Final Fridays! Do zombies exist? Are there really 40-foot-long anacondas? Did old sci-fi movies get anything right about the 21st Century? On Final Fridays, you’re invited to come explore the… Read More >

RALEIGH — The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences’ Nature Art Gallery is currently featuring the artwork of North Carolina artist Rosalynn Villaescusa now through Sunday, August 28. The paintings included in Under the Microscope were completed in 2010.  Each oil painting was completed by observing magnified insects. Using the intricate detail in their forms… Read More >

RALEIGH — Nearly 13 percent of North Carolinians have some form of disability and the Autism Society of North Carolina estimates that 1 in 68 children born today has some form of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Because the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is dedicated to making education equal for all and removing the barriers… Read More >

New exhibition, opening Oct. 22, explores microscopic organisms that live on us and in us RALEIGH — The microbes in and on your body are more numerous than the stars in the Milky Way. Clump them together, and they weigh about as much as your brain — approximately three pounds. Microbes — the term used… Read More >

RALEIGH — Can you  imagine a world without cell phones, the internet or electronics? Could you survive off the land if you had to? Could you navigate without your GPS or make fire to stay warm? You might be surprised to find out just how skilled at survival you really are. On Thursday, July 21… Read More >