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Combating Invasive Species in the Museum Park
Rachel Woods, director of the Museum Park, details her team's creative approaches to managing invasive species on the NCMA's Raleigh campus.
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The Continuing Legacy of Cloud Chamber for the Trees and Sky
Hear the story behind one of the most popular attractions featured in the Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park.
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The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt at the NCMA
This exhibition, on view through March 8, 2026, showcases how the biblical story of heroic Queen Esther, depicted in art and popular culture, expressed ideas of political and religious freedom in the age of Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–69).
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A Sneak Peek at End Paper 2025
Learn more about five of the artists exhibiting at End Paper, the NCMA's biennial art book fair.
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Camping Out in the Galleries
In celebration of our 2025 NCMA camps season, we share campers' musings on artworks in the People’s Collection.
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Decorating Time: Music and The Time Is Always Now
Kiahana Toomer, the NCMA's Exhibition Lighting Designer, discusses how her playlist for The Time is Always Now embodies the exhibition's themes in sonic form.
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The Time Is Always Now at the NCMA
This exhibition, on view through June 29, 2025, celebrates the breathtaking figurative work of contemporary Black artists.
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What an Egyptologist Learned by Curating a Samurai Exhibition
Hear from Caroline Rocheleau, the NCMA's Curator of Ancient Collections, on what inspired her research of Japan's warrior class.
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Samurai off the Battlefield
Champions on the battlefield ... and in the cultural sphere. UNC-Chapel Hill undergraduate Jack Snyder clarifies samurai's underexamined contributions as scholars, poets, bureaucrats, and more.
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