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formerly known as A Time For Science (ATFS), is a satellite facility of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences located in Greenville, North Carolina. It and the Grifton Nature and Science Center were acquired through a partnership between NCMNS and ATFS. The center was renovated with new
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The Nature Research Center's five research labs are part of the museum's Research and Collections department. These spaces (normally used for behind-the-scenes work) have transparent glass walls through which the public can observe research scientists. The atrium is home to the LCD sculpture
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possibly locked in combat. First found in 2006, there were unsuccessful attempts to sell it to museums or private collectors for over a decade until the NCMNS reached out in 2016, prompting negotiations to purchase the fossil. Legal issues concerning mineral rights significantly slowed these
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The Nature Research Center (NRC) is an 80,000 sq ft (7,400 m), four-story wing across the street from the Nature Exploration Center. The NRC and NEC are connected by a breezeway. The initial opening (April 20, 2012) lasted for 24 hours and drew 70,000 visitors.
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The museum is made up of six facilities, divided between five campuses. The newest facility, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences at Greenville, was announced in 2020 and opened to the public on September 18, 2021. NCMNS is a division of the state
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BugFest, held in mid-September every year, is a free day-long festival devoted to insects. This event attracts more than 35,000 visitors per year. A smaller version of the festival, called BugFest South, is held at the Whiteville facility in May or
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negotiations until they were resolved in 2020. Funds for the purchase were raised by the nonprofit Friends of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. Following the construction of a dedicated display wing in the Nature Research Center, the
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In the 1950s and again in the 1990s, shifts in education further expanded the museum's holdings as universities donated their collections to the state. In 1986, the museum was renamed to The North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences.
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exhibits being added and reopened in September 2021. The Museum at Greenville is largely based on the Raleigh facility, but with more exhibits focusing on subjects relevant to northeastern North Carolina such as
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On July 14, 2014, a dinosaur replica along with other items were stolen from NCMNS by two accomplices. The offenders turned themselves in on July 17. The replica, along with the other items were recovered.
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of North Carolina's forests through interpretive exhibits, educational programming, and the preservation of natural and man-made materials that demonstrate the ongoing relationship of forests and people.
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The North Carolina State Museum was created in 1879 by combining two existing state-owned collections of geologic and agricultural specimens. The museum was originally housed in the Briggs Building on
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Prairie Ridge Ecostation (45 acres (180,000 m)) is a satellite facility and outdoor classroom located 6 miles (9.7 km) from the museum's downtown Raleigh locations. It includes
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formerly known as the North Carolina Museum of Forestry, is a satellite facility of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. Its mission is to celebrate the natural history and
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Displays and interactive exhibits include an outdoor Tree Trail and Fossil Dig Pit, and the museum offers educational program experiences and special events.
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The NRC provides hands-on activities and visitor-viewing of scientists working in the NRC's four research laboratories. The museum also makes use of
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specimen from Montana, which was formerly thought to have a fossilized heart. For Cenozoic life, the hall contains the reconstruction of an
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killed in a boat collision in 2004, whose death led to laws that require slower cargo ship speeds in whale migration routes.
2875: 2121: 3555: 3321: 3099: 2960: 740:– A 10,000 US gal (38,000 L) aquarium replicates a typical hardbottom habitat off the North Carolina coast. 231: 2590: 1612:, North Carolina Museum of History, Office of Archives and History, N.C. Department of Cultural Resources, archived from 3430: 3403: 3003: 2429: 2097: 726: 106: 2747: 2480: 37: 3281: 2840: 2139: 1191:, formerly known as the Grifton Nature & Science Center, is a satellite facility and outdoor classroom located in 1137: 1126: 436:– Exhibits the museum's beginnings, and early methods of specimen collection and preservation. Includes a model of an 2535: 1813: 1738: 1010:(first floor) – Opened in 2024, this timed-entry research lab allows visitors to view the ongoing excavation of the 3490: 1889: 1204: 1168: 747: 544: 403: 250: 235: 203: 3161: 3590: 3157: 3114: 3077: 2917: 2326: 2300: 2186: 1939: 1613: 656:
exhibit with various live plants and animals native to Central and South America, most notably over 200 tropical
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discovered in North Carolina, including North America's largest cut emerald, the 64.8-carat Carolina Emperor.
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takes visitors on a virtual dive 2,000 ft (610 m) to the ocean floor off the North Carolina coast.
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The Nature Research Center's three investigate labs are open-to-the-public hands-on educational spaces.
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each year on December 31. In 2012, First Night drew 80,000 people to the blocks around the museum.
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skeletons overlooking the "Coastal North Carolina" hall, including the museum's former mascot, a
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specimen, in addition to other interactive displays about the Cretaceous, such as the cast of a
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Dolman, Sarah; Williams-Grey, Vanessa; Asmutis-Silvia, Regina; Isaac, Steve (September 2006).
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of the community, state and planet. Studies focus on such areas as mammalian movement ecology.
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exhibit was officially opened to the public in 2024 in the newly-built SECU DinoLab.
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in this lab use large telescopes around the world to investigate the origins of the
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representing some of the earliest complex life on Earth (542-635 million years ago).
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The Agricultural Building (the site of the museum between 1887 and 1924) ca. 1900s
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and the extinction crisis faced by modern species, including live animal displays.
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Collecting Nature: The Beginning of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
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The "Daily Planet" globe is a 3-storey multimedia theater on the museum interior
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to broadcast lessons and virtual field trips to classrooms around the state.
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Exterior of the Museum building (now the Nature Exploration Center) ca. 1942
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Museum building circa 2007, prior to construction of Nature Research Center
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In 2000, the museum expanded with the opening of the Museum of Forestry in
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NCMNS hosts many special events through the year. The most notable are:
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The facility opened a Nature PlaySpace on Saturday, September 28, 2013.
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by studying the chemical composition of gas clouds around forming stars.
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of developing butterflies and butterflies that have recently emerged.
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collected in 1874 which has been on display for over a century.
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Dueling Dinosaurs | North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
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North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences at Contentnea Creek
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Prairie Ridge is part of the museum's mission of enhancing
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gallery – Temporary space for an annual special exhibition.
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The Center is located on Jones Street in downtown Raleigh.
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Sciences, North Carolina Museum of Natural (2014-06-27).
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dinosaurs—a group that includes the iconic mega predator
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View of the Nature Exploration Center from E Jones Street
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skeleton mount in the "Prehistoric North Carolina" hall.
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caught in 1937, as well as Miss Kagawa, one of the only
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Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law
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North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences at Greenville
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North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences at Whiteville
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Whale skeletons over the "Coastal North Carolina" hall.
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In 2020, the museum announced its acquisition of the
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specimen, as well as a life-size model of the giant
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Astronomy and Space Observation Research Laboratory
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Other specimens on display include a 2797: 1487:"H-35: N.C. STATE MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES" 805:– Displays methods used to study the weather. 487:skeleton in the "Terror of the South" exhibit 444:to remain on display throughout World War II. 402:skeleton, and the skeleton of "Mayflower", a 8: 3566:Natural Science Collections Alliance members 1944:NC Museum of Natural Sciences Education Blog 474:fossil in "Prehistoric North Carolina" hall. 212:Department of Natural and Cultural Resources 30: 2700:. North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences 2678:. 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North Carolina Museum of Natural Science


North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is located in North Carolina
1879
Raleigh, North Carolina
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Natural history museum
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Southeastern United States
Department of Natural and Cultural Resources

Fayetteville Street
Herbert Brimley
Department of Agriculture
Whiteville
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reptiles
invertebrates
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Triceratops
Tyrannosaurus
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