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The museum exists on some 80 acres bisected by Murray Avenue. The main facility is located on the north tract, along with the Butterfly House, Farmyard, Caterpillar Cafe, Train, and new exhibits under construction. The southern tract is now largely devoted to parking and administrative buildings, although prior to the construction of the new main building in the early 1990s, these structures contained the bulk of the museum's exhibit space. EXHIBITS Aerospace NCMLS has historically been most notable for its ''Aerospace'' exhibit, which focuses on the early NASA space program. Most of the artifacts on display are on long-term loan from the National Air And Space Museum . Many of these are significant Project Apollo -related artifacts, such as a moon rock, Neil Armstrong 's dosimeter, an Apollo Command Module test vehicle, a portion of a Lunar Rover , and a full-sized mock-up of a Lunar Module . NCMLS came into possession of these artifacts through the influence of James E. Webb , the second NASA administrator and a native of North Carolina. Butterfly House A major attraction at NCMLS is its more recently-opened three-story glass ''Butterfly House'' (see Butterfly Zoo ), a greenhouse featuring a community of several hundred tropical butterflies representing dozens of species, as well as an array of tropical plants. Explore the Wild Opening in May, 2006, Explore the Wild is home to American Black Bear s, Red Wolves , and Lemur s. It features a 750-foot boardwalk over a preserved 6-acre natural space, plus many multimedia exhibits. Dinosaur Trail Rendered largely impassable by Hurricane Fran in 1996, the ''Dinosaur Trail'' had long been a local favorite. The Dinosaur Trail was a wooded path which led past numerous life-sized plaster dinosaurs, including a Brontosaurus . A new dinosaur trail is currently planned for completion in the next few years. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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