Division Information: The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, located in Raleigh, NC, is an award-winning major institution with a prominent State-wide, national and international profile. The mission statement of the NC Museum of Natural Sciences is "to illuminate the natural world and inspire its conservation". The NC Museum of Natural Sciences is a high-performing nexus of research, collections, living collections, exhibitions and digital media, school and lifelong education, community engagement, and a regional network--each fueled by great expertise and a diversifying portfolio of public, earned and contributed funds. Progress is forged by maximizing the dividends on a remarkable history of public and private sector investments with a growing array of partnerships. Our