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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. NCNSCI_071204_224.JPG: Yesterday's Collections: Much happens behind the scenes at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. Since its early days at the turn of the 20th century, the museum has collected, preserved, and showcased the natural resources of North Carolina. These collections are the foundation of the museum. In the early 1900s, the museum catalogued the rocks, minerals, trees and agricultural products of North Carolina. Exhibited at fairs around the world, these specimens promoted the resources of the state. The historic collections in this room include some items from those early exhibitions.
2. NCNSCI_071204_394.JPG: Say Hello to Acro: Did I hear you say "Look at the T. rex"? Well, look again! This is an Acrocanthosaurus atokensis skeleton. Call it Acro if you want, but never call it a T. rex. This skeleton is extremely rare. It's the most complete Acrocanthosaurus skeleton ever found and the only real Acro skeleton on display in the world. Who: Acrocanthosaurus means "high-spined lizard" and atokensis describes where the first specimens were found -- Atoka County, Oklahoma. When: Acro lived during the early Cretaceous Period, about 110 million years ago. Where: This specimen was found in southeastern Oklahoma in 1983. Called the "Terror of the South" because of its range, Acrocanthosaurus lived in the southern half of North America. Fossils have been found in Texas, Oklahoma, Utah, and Maryland.
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Wikipedia Description: North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences or NCMNS is located in Raleigh, North Carolina. This museum is the oldest established museum in North Carolina, the largest museum of its kind the in Southeast, and has 700,000 vistors annually, making it the most visited attraction in the state.

Exhibits:

First floor:

* "North Carolina's Natural Treasures" contains dioramas of various wildlife and artifacts pertaining to nature in North Carolina, including 2000 year old trees (oldest in the US east of the Rocky Mountains).
* "Coastal North Carolina" includes exhibits of live sea cucumbers, fish native to North Carolina's coast and inland waterways and a live sea horse exhibit. Here visitors will find the museum's five whale skeletons including the massive 55 ton sperm whale which has become a symbol of the museum.

Second floor:

* "Mountains to the Sea" exhibit displays natural habitats from the western mountains, through the central Piedmont and on to the Coastal Plain highlighting the interrelationships between them. A 2-story,twenty-foot waterfall, snapping turtles, and fish are here also.
* The "Nature's Explorers" exhibit covers the museum's beginnings showing the tools and techniques naturalists used 100 years ago to collect and preserve.
* The Discovery Room, a hands on exhibit staffed by museum volunteers, give visitors the opportunity to pet a cockroach, dress up as their favorite animal, play games, or explore artifacts.

Third floor:

* "Prehistoric North Carolina", which chronicles prehistoric life in the state and throughout the southeastern United States. The ""Prehistoric North Carolina"" and "Terror of the South" exhibits feature a one of a kind Acrocanthosaurus skeleton in a spectacular glass-enclosed dome as recreations of winged pterosaurs circle the domed ceiling from wires. This section also features a rare fossilized dinosaur heart, from the Thescelosaurus nicknamed "Willo". Visitors watch palaeontologists work in the "Fossil Lab" as they recover fossils sent to the museum from dig sites in North Carolina and beyond. When staff are not working, monitors show video of recent activity there. "Prehistoric North Carolina", which chronicles prehistoric life in the state and throughout the southeastern United States.
* Anchored by a large interactive globe which allows visitors to highlight the climate regions of the globe, the "Tropical Connections" exhibit focuses on environmental issues and includes beautiful live emerald tree boas and tree frogs.
* Museum volunteers and employees give frequent demonstrations, talks, and share visits with live animals in the "Windows on the World" theater to museum visitors as well as remotely to classrooms throughout the state.

Fourth floor:

* Arthropod Zoo
* Living Conservatory, a dry tropical forest exhibit with live butterflies, live mosquito fish, a pair of live ornate wood turtles, a live Stuart's Milk Snake, a live tarantula, and a live two-toed sloth. Live plant life includes kapok, vanilla, cashew, pineapple, and cecropia. There are currently no hummingbirds in the exhibit. A windowed chamber preceding the exhibit displays chrysalides of developing butterflies, and butterflies that have recently emerged.
* Naturalist Center
* Acro Cafe
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