Nature Research Center
Nature Research Center
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NEWS
Opening of Nature Research Center draws 70,000 visitors
N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences officials say they met their goal of having 50,000 visitors during the 24-hour grand opening of the Nature Research Center.
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LOCAL/STATE
24-hour opening brings late-night owls to museum
Like moles, raccoons and great gray slugs, the Triangle’s nocturnal creatures crawled into the Nature Research Center far past the wee hours Saturday, many of them tipsy, some a bit lost, all of them giddy explorers seeking late-night brain candy.
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NATURE RESEARCH CENTER
Shaffer: Nature Research Center dishes late-night brain candy
On its opening day, Raleigh's newest museum kept its doors open for 24 hours, long after Gov. Bev Perdue and various other dignitaries had their first glance, throwing 80,000 square feet of exhibits open to downtown insomniacs.
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LOCAL/STATE
Nature Research Center opens
The N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences' Nature Research Center opens today with a 24-hour celebration across two city blocks in downtown Raleigh.
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NATURE RESEARCH CENTER
The long-awaited Nature Research Center is finally open
People crowd downtown Raleigh to be among the first inside the 80,000-square-foot, $56 million new wing. The 24-hour opening party continues until 5 p.m. Saturday.
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NATURE RESEARCH CENTER
Nature Research Center brings science to the people
The Nature Research Center is the expansion wing of the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences, and the project is an 80,000-square-foot marvel that’s been in the works for more than a decade in downtown Raleigh.
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NATURE RESEARCH CENTER
Raleigh’s new ‘rock star’ head scientists
A key feature of the N.C. Museum of Science’s new Nature Research Center is that visitors will be able to interact directly with scientists.
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NATURE RESEARCH CENTER
10 cool things you can learn from the center
What would any science museum be without fun facts to know and tell?
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NATURE RESEARCH CENTER
Museum hires funny man to translate science
Science comedian Brian Malow is the new curator of the Nature Research Center’s Daily Planet.
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NATURE RESEARCH CENTER
For a Raleigh icon, how about a huge globe?
The Daily Planet could be a trademark for a city looking toward a high-tech future. The new wing of the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences opens Friday.




