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The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is the largest museum of its kind in the Southeastern United States that is dedicated to the natural sciences. Located in the heart of Raleigh, the museum is spread across four buildings on three campuses, namely the Nature Exploration Center and Nature Research Center in downtown Raleigh; the former North Carolina Museum of Forestry in Whiteville; and the Prairie Ridge Ecostation satellite facility in northwest Raleigh.
The oldest established museum in North Carolina, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences features a collection of more than 1.7 million specimens of every kind of animal species from amphibians and reptiles to mammals, birds, and fish, as well as plant species, and geology and meteorite samples.
Find it at this Address: 11 W Jones St, Raleigh, NC 27601, Phone: 919-707-9800
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