Coming Sunday: A 10-page special section with everything you need to know to be ready for the April 20 grand opening of The Nature Research Center. The $56 million expansion of the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh is expected to add another 200,000 to the 700,000 that alrady visit the museum each year.
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