

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Blue Whales: Closing January 11
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 11 Jan, 2026 at 10:00 am
- **Event Description**: LAST CHANCE: "Blue Whales" special exhibition, closing 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.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/raleigh/blue-whales-closing-january-11/200028117431046
- **Event Categories**: exhibitions
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 519

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://ncmns.net/whalestickets?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=raleigh-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Raleigh
- **state**: NC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 11 W Jones St, Raleigh, NC, United States, North Carolina 27601
- **lat**: 35.78224
- **long**: -78.63933
- **full address**: 11 W Jones St, Raleigh, NC, United States, North Carolina 27601

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (https://allevents.in/org/north-carolina-museum-of-natural-sciences/24991991)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 11 Jan, 2026 at 10:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 11 W Jones St, Raleigh, NC, United States, North Carolina 27601
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** exhibitions
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Blue Whales: Closing January 11 ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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