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The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (NCMNS) is located in Raleigh, North Carolina. This museum is the oldest established museum in North Carolina and the largest museum of its kind in the Southeast. It has about 1.2 million visitors annually.[1][2] As of 2013, it was the state's most popular museum or historic destination among visitors.[3]
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Established | 1879 |
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Location | Raleigh, North Carolina |
Coordinates | 35.782186°N 78.639422°W / 35.782186; -78.639422 |
Type | Natural history museum |
Director | Dr. Emlyn Koster |
Website | naturalsciences.org |
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The museum's campus consists of four facets: the Nature Exploration Center (NEC; formerly the "Main Building") and the Nature Research Center on Jones Street in Downtown Raleigh, the Prairie Ridge Ecostation satellite facility and outdoor classroom in northwest Raleigh near William B. Umstead State Park, and the North Carolina Museum of Forestry located in Whiteville, North Carolina.