N.C. State Museum of Natural Sciences

Collection began with 1851 geological survey: a museum since 1879: H.H. Brimley, curator from 1895 to 1946.

Marker is at the intersection of West Jones Street and North Salisbury Street, on the right when traveling east on West Jones Street.

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Virginia Institute of Marine Science

(VIMS)

Using science to…

Increase oyster and clam production

Model Bay dynamics

Identify aquatic disease

Reduce billfish by-catch

Trace contaminants

Understand food web production

Increase blue crab populations

Explore bottom dwellers

Restore seagrass

Strengthen natural stocks

Investigate coastal erosion

Understand nutrient cycles

The Nation’s leading research facility focusing on coastal and estuarine science

Since 1940, ...

Fred W. Symmes Hall of Science

This Hall of Science is Dedicated to the Memory of

Fred W. Symmes

1879-1957

Textile Manufacturer, Public Servant, Seeker after Knowledge, who throughout a long life labored unceasingly for the cause of Education

Constructed through the generosity of the Fred W. Symmes Foundation 1988

Trustees: ...