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Staying Alive Special Exhibition

Date: Sun, Aug 23, 2026

Time: Daily 10am-5pm

Venue: North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh

Price: Free

Category: Family

In the ultimate battle for survival, every animal has a plan. Explore the striking ways nature fights back in “Staying Alive,” featuring 17 live animals from around the world with unbelievable self-defense strategies. Come face to face with trippy toads, armored armadillos, a two-toed sloth and more. Discover how these defenders deploy an amazing arsenal of high-fashion camouflage and mimicry, specialized armor and advanced chemical warfare – like stink bombs, caboose cannons and smoke screens – to hide in plain sight, stand their ground or even drop a limb and make a run for it. Enjoy live animals, larger-than-life sculptures and hands-on displays. Perfect for families and animal lovers of all ages. Offered in English & Spanish.

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Staying Alive Special Exhibition

“Park at the Green Square Deck and enter through the Jones Street lobby.”

When
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Sun, Aug 23, 2026
Daily 10am-5pm
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All ages
Price
Free
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Staying Alive Special Exhibition runs Sun, Aug 23, 2026, Daily 10am-5pm.

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North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is at 11 W Jones Street, Raleigh, NC. Open in Google Maps.

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