North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

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Visitor Information

• Maps & Directions
• Museum History
• Museum Birthday Parties

Calendar of Programs & Events

• Registration Form
• Daily Programs
• Special Events
• Classes, Workshops & Trips
• Member Events
• Expeditions
• Club Meetings
• Especially for Children
• Grand Opening Memories

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Exhibits

• Tour of the Museum of Natural Sciences
  • Sneak Peek Behind the Scenes
• Areas for Guided Learning
• Special Exhibits Gallery
• Artist in Residence

Education

• Planning Your Visit
• Exhibit Hall Activity Guides
• Resources
  • Connections for Teachers
  • Materials Order Form
  • Monarch Watch Program
  • Educational Links
• Discovery Fun Classes
• Curiosity Classes
• Natural History Investigations
  • Curriculum Correlations
• Outreach Programs
  • Programas de Extensión Social
• Student Program Registration Information
• Weather Watch with Sir Walter Wally
• UTOTES
  • UTOTES: Project Descriptions
• Distance Learning
  • NOAA Ocean Explorer
• Junior Curators
• Girls in Science
• Teacher Workshops at your school
• Teacher Treks
  • Teacher Trek Photo Page
• Educators of Excellence Institutes
  • Yellowstone
  • Ecuador
  • Belize

Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife & Learning

Research and Collections

• Ask a Naturalist
• Amphibians and Reptiles
  • Checklist of North Carolina Amphibians
  • Checklist of North Carolina Reptiles
• Birds
  • NC Hummers
• Fishes
• Geology
• Invertebrates
  • Workbook & Key to the Freshwater Bivalves of N.C.
  • North American Centipede Species & Distribution Maps
• Mammals
• Paleontology
• Willo, the dinosaur with a heart

Museum Store

• Publications
• The Nature Gallery

Join Us!

• Friends of the Museum
  • Membership
  • Online Membership Application
• Volunteering
  • Young Volunteers: Junior Curators
  • Volunteer Application Form
• More Ways to Help
• Event Rental Information
• Job Opportunities

Fun Stuff

• Color the Critters
• North Carolina State Symbols
• North Carolina's Natural Treasures
• Nature Notebook
• FAQ Pages
  • Acro (Acrocanthosaurus atokensis)
  • Bats
  • Hummingbirds
  • Snakes
  • Tsunamis

Conservation

• Pushy Plants & Alien Animals: Invasive Species in North Carolina

Take a Child Outside

• Outing Map
• Partner Map