About the Museum
The R. M. Bohart Museum of Entomology, founded in 1946, is located on the University of California, Davis campus. The museum is dedicated to teaching, research and service. We have the seventh largest insect collection in North America, and is worldwide in coverage. The collection holdings total more than seven million specimens of terrestrial and fresh water arthropods. The museum is also home of the California Insect Survey, a storehouse of the insect biodiversity of California's deserts, mountains, coast, and the Great Central Valley.
Featured Arthropod
Millipede expert Rowland Shelley recently visited the Bohart Museum and brought with him some millipedes he collected near Auburn, CA. Though he described them as new species years ago, this was the first time he had seen them in the wild. For more information go to news & events.
Special Bohart Weekend Hours- June 3, 2012
Visiting Us
Open: Monday-Thursday, 9:00am-Noon & 1:00-5:00pm. We also offer SPECIAL WEEKEND HOURS.
Closed: Friday-Sunday and all major holidays.
