Front entrance to the Highlands Nature Center, housed in the Clark Foreman Museum Building on the grounds of the Highlands Biological Station.

The Nature Center features an outdoor amphitheater used for outreach programs and special events such as the annual Owl Prowl.

The main hall of the Nature Center, a historic WPA building constructed out of local granite and chestnut in 1941, offers exhibits and year-round educational programming focusing on the wealth of biodiversity of the southern Appalachian region.

The Highlands Plateau region is recognized by Audubon as an Important Bird Area, as interpreted by this exhibit featuring mounts of many migratory bird species and birds of prey.

This case discusses the effects of forest fragmentation on regional bird populations, a major concern in the Highlands region.

This Chesnutt Snag, now featuring several mounts of birds and mammals, was donated to the Highlands Nature Center in 1935 after it died from the blight.

This cross-section of an Eastern Hemlock tree reveals that it was 439 years old when it was cut down in 1928.

Black bears are common in the mountains of North Carolina, as discussed in this exhibit.

This case demonstrates the two size extremes of southern Appalachian mammals, from the diminutive shrews to the large black bear.

The Nature Center has many mounts of familiar backyard birds.