Welcome!

Ways to Visit the Bohart 

(Groups check out our tours page for booking a tour in advance.)

 

  • Walk-in Public hours- most Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 1:00-4:30 pm. 

     

  • Open House Event: Saturday, November 7 from 1-4 pm with a focus on UC Davis graduate and undergraduate student research (see flier below). In addition to visiting the research collection (swallowtail butterfly section), meeting scientists, holding live insects, using microscopes and enjoying a craft, we have some special talks throughout the afternoon. 

  • Bohart Museum of Entomology open house poster with photos of graduate speakers giving a talk, Nov 7 2026

     

  • Open House Event: Saturday, February 27, 2027: Biodiversity Museum Day - a special UC Davis event involving 10 other nature collections.                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Event flyer — Bohart Museum of Entomology Open House, Sat Nov 7, 1–4pm; hands-on activities.
  • Man at museum information desk speaking with three women in a busy hallway
    Peter Coggan, UC Davis graduate student, talking with visitors about his research on insect night migration. 

                                         

Blacklighting for moths in Davis, CA

                                                                                                                                                                            Video by Jo Ridgeway