Durham Museums
North Carolina Museum of Life and Science (919) 220-54290
Description, Map, Review & Recommendations
North Carolina Museum of Life and Science in Durham is an incredible and varied museum for both kids and adults.
Six lemurs live at the museum and are fantastic. Beyond the lemurs (that totally captivate Erin) there is an indoor museum with exhibits on weather, space travel, and sound.
The outdoor museum has a butterfly house, an insectarium (bugs), farm animals to pet, a phenomenal playground, a train ride. there is also a nature trail featuring bears, lemurs, and wolves as well as an exhibit on wind. Whew!
You can use the museum's video cameras to get see the animals too far away or hidden in certain areas. Burrow cams will let you see wolf and black bear cubs.
The farmyard area has animals that the kids can pet and get close up to. In the Butterfly House there are exotic butterflies that will land on your shoulder. There are also tropical plants and insects from around the world.
Inside the main museum area there are exhibits on aerospace, geology, weather, human anatomy and other science subjects. Everything is interactive with computer simulations and wild machines to mess around with.
The dinosaur trail has 10 life-size dinosaurs posed in natural settings that you can get close to - they are not your run of the mill dinosaurs - check out Ankylosaur, Parasaurolophus, Brontosaurus, Maiasaurus, Archaeopteryx, and Styracosaurus. You will see some new dinosaurs here!
At the end of the Dinosaur Trail is a Fossil dig area where you can dig up ACTUAL
fossils.
There is an admission fee but it is well worth it.
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Other Raleigh Museums we recommend are North Carolina Museum of Art, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and the Marbles Kids Museum.
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Driving Directions: Take I-40 west from Raleigh to Highway 147 North (Durham Freeway). Take Highway 147 to downtown Durham; take the Duke Street exit (Exit 12C). Drive north two miles on Duke Street. After crossing over I-85, turn right at the third traffic light onto Murray Avenue. Turn left into the Museum parking lot just past the Mercury Redstone Rocket.
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