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 Insect
The "Warrior Wasp" is a new species of wasp recently discovered by Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart and UC Davis professor. Found on a remote mountain on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. She plans on naming the wasp in honor of the Indonesian national symbol, the Garuda, a mythical warrior that is part human and part bird of prey. For more information go to news & events.
Visiting Us
The museum is open Monday-Thursday, from 9 am-Noon & 1-5 pm. We are closed from Noon-1 pm. We also offer SPECIAL WEEKEND HOURS. Otherwise, we are closed on Fridays and all major holidays.GET DIRECTIONS
