The museum offers nature and science displays and an aerospace exhibit, including an Apollo 15 mock-up and Enos, the first US spacecraft to orbit the Earth. Visitors can see native animals in the Nature Center, hear a rabbit's heartbeat, hold a box turtle in the Discovery Room, and pet animals in the farmyard. Picnic facilities are available. Open Monday-Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday noon-5pm, Labor Day-Memorial Day; Monday-Saturday 10am-6pm, Sunday noon-6pm, the rest of the year. Closed major holidays.
Location:
433 Murray, Durham North Carolina 27704
Telephone
919-220-5429
Other Science nearby:
(Wilson) Imagination Station Science Museums
(Greensboro) Natural Science Center
(Durham) North Carolina Museum of Life & Science
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02/21 Coming to The Durham area
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