Blue Whales: June 21 – January 11

Schedule

Sun, 11 Jan, 2026 at 10:00 am

UTC-05:00

Location

11 W Jones St, Raleigh, NC, United States, North Carolina 27601 | Raleigh, NC

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"Blue Whales" special exhibition is open June 21, 2025 – January 11, 2026.
Blue whales are BIG! How big are they? They can grow up to 110 feet long, weigh up to 400,000 pounds, and have a heart the size of a small car. Even their appetites are big: they can eat 16 tons of tiny krill every day. And their voices? Blue whale songs can travel 1,000 miles underwater.
Dive into the details behind their mind-blowing biology and discover how these mammals became and remain our planet’s largest animals ever.
Members receive free unlimited admission – visit as often as you like!
Tickets: https://ncmns.net/whalestickets
More info: https://ncmns.net/bluewhales
Blue Whales is produced and circulated by ROM (Royal Ontario Museum), Toronto, Canada.
Sponsored by Friends of the NC Museum of Natural Sciences with additional support from the Exhibition Leadership Circle.
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