The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (NCMNS) is located in Raleigh, North Carolina. This museum is the oldest established museum in North Carolina and the largest museum of its kind in the Southeast. It has about 700,000 visitors annually, making it the most visited attraction in the state.
Glow: Living Lights, an exhibit on bioluminescence, is currently on exhibit through September 12, 2010. Past traveling exhibits include fantastic exh...
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The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (NCMNS) is located in Raleigh, North Carolina. This museum is the oldest established museum in North Carolina and the largest museum of its kind in the Southeast. It has about 700,000 visitors annually, making it the most visited attraction in the state.
Glow: Living Lights, an exhibit on bioluminescence, is currently on exhibit through September 12, 2010. Past traveling exhibits include fantastic exhibits of artifacts including the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Titanic, annual nature photography shows, Jane Goodall's work with chimpanzees, SuperCroc, the Hubble Space Telescope, a Megalodon exhibit, Wild Music, Hunters of the Sky, and others.
The Nature Research Center is a new 80,000 sq ft (7,400 m), three-story wing across the street from the current museum. The center is funded in part by the State Employees Credit Union (SECU) of Raleigh. The $54 million addition, which opened April 20th, 2012, allows children visiting the museum to play a...
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