Downtown Museum Dates Closed 2024
- All Mondays
- Monday, January 1
- Sunday, March 31
- Friday, April 19 & Saturday, April 20: NRC closed all day.
- Thursday, November 28
- Tuesday, December 24
- Wednesday, December 25
Nature Exploration Center (NEC)
11 West Jones Street, Downtown Raleigh
- Tuesday–Sunday: 10am–5pm
- Closed Mondays, plus dates listed above
Nature Research Center (NRC)
121 West Jones Street, Downtown Raleigh
- Tuesday–Sunday: 10am–5pm
- Closed Mondays, plus dates listed above
Prairie Ridge Ecostation
- Tuesday–Saturday: 9am–4pm
- Dates Closed:
- All Sundays and Mondays
- Closing at 2pm, Saturday, October 19
- Closing at 2pm, Saturday, October 26
- Thursday, November 28
- Tuesday, December 24
- Wednesday, December 25
- Also closed all state holidays
Whiteville
415 South Madison Street, Whiteville
- Tuesday–Saturday: 10am–4pm
- Dates Closed:
- All Sundays and Mondays
- Thursday, November 28
- Tuesday, December 24
- Wednesday, December 25
- Also closed all state holidays
Greenville
226 West 8th Street, Greenville NC
- Regular Hours:
- Tuesday–Saturday: 10am–5pm
- Dates Closed:
- All Sundays and Mondays
- Thursday, November 28
- Tuesday, December 24
- Wednesday, December 25
- Plus all state holidays
Contentnea Creek
- Tuesday–Saturday: 10am–5pm
- Trails open sunrise–sunset daily
- Dates Closed:
- All Sundays and Mondays
- Thursday, November 28
- Tuesday, December 24
- Wednesday, December 25
- Plus all state holidays
Living Conservatory (butterfly room)
4th Floor, Nature Exploration Center
- Tuesday–Sunday, 10:30am–4:30pm
- Closed Mondays
- The Conservatory will close September 1, 2024, and re-open Memorial Day, 2025.
Daily Planet Cafe
1st Floor, Nature Research Center
- Tuesday–Friday: 8am–5pm
- Saturday: 9am–5pm
- Sunday: 10am–5pm