NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES –RALEIGH’S BEST MUSEUM

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With two buildings spanning two city blocks joined by a pedestrian bridge, there’s over 4 floors of exhibits in this natural science museum featuring live animals, dinosaur and whale skeletons.

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Research centers, walk-through dioramas, microbes and meteorites, human anatomy, planets, 3D movies, and much more.

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NATURE EXPLORATION CENTER

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Coastal North Carolina Overlook

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Mountains to the Sea

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Terror of the South

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Prehistoric North Carolina

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SWIPE UP TO READ MORE!

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