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Museum Press Release Archive 2000

December 2000

  • Sign up now for 2nd annual Groundhog Day Weather Watch
  • Museum of Natural Sciences reviews year of achievements

November 2000

  • Ancient armored dinosaur named for Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton

October 2000

  • Museum of Natural Sciences welcomes 500,000th visitor
  • Uncover the past at Fossil Fair
  • Museum, WRAL-TV win IRIS Award for high-definition "Wilderness North Carolina"
  • Museum adds whale, manatee skeletons to exhibit
  • November: What's Happening at the Museum
  • Live animals, bluegrass, and barbecue on tap for Pathfinders’ fall party

September 2000

  • Nature gallery's new shows feature metal sculptures and paintings
  • 'Gigantic' dinosaur exhibit comes to N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences: "The Dinosaurs of Jurassic Park: The Lost World" features world's largest predator, Giganotosaurus
  • October: What's Happening at the Museum
  • Dinosaur with a heart to get closer scrutiny: Museum temporarily removes ‘Willo’ for research

August 2000

  • Be part of the fun: Volunteer at the new Museum of Natural Sciences
  • Monster movie fills First Friday with fright
  • Japanese doll placed on permanent exhibit
  • Reception to welcome director of new Forestry Museum in Whiteville
  • Museum educator travels to Bolivia to share expertise
  • 'Gigantic' dinosaur exhibit comes to N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences this fall
  • Go buggy at First Friday

July 2000

  • BuGFesT! returns with an enormous appetite for insects

June 2000

  • Fat of the Land fuels First Friday
  • Museum selects educators for Yellowstone and Belize adventures
  • Burroughs Wellcome Fund awards $1 million to Grassroots Science Museums Collaborative

May 2000

  • Festival Rodan terrorizes First Friday
  • June: What's Happening at the Museum
  • Join the excitement: volunteer at North Carolina's newest museum
  • Attendance soars at new Museum of Natural Sciences
  • Museum of Natural Sciences celebrates inaugural First Friday

April 2000

  • New N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences opens its doors this weekend with '24-Hour Trek'

March 2000

  • Opening ceremonies at N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences to feature astronaut Chuck Brady
  • New Museum of Natural Sciences kicks off with a series of adventures
  • Design Architect's Statement
  • Photographs of rare zoological specimens explore bonds between science, art: Purcell exhibit to open April 7 at Museum of Natural Sciences
  • Gigantic blue whale skeleton assembled in new Museum of Natural Sciences
  • New N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences to open with '24-Hour Trek'
  • Discover the New N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences: Media tours to offer sneak previews
  • Afield but Not Afar: North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences celebrates grand opening with statewide field trip series
  • Quick Facts about the New N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences
  • Floor guide with exhibit descriptions, VIRTUAL TOUR of the new museum
  • Museum of Natural Sciences' Terror of the South exhibit showcases rare dinosaur
  • Acrocanthosaurus dinosaur facts FACT SHEET

 

March 2000

  • Research & Collections at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences
  • Hands-on Learning at the North Carolina Museum Natural Sciences
  • Dr. Betsy Bennett, Museum Director

 


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