Bohart Museum of Entomology

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Museum Happenings

Our spring bookings are closed to new inquiries because we have reached our capacity for public programs. This does not apply to UC Davis classes.

UC Davis Picnic Day is Saturday, April 20

The Bohart Museum at Academic Surge Building will be closed on this day, so that we can join with our department over in Briggs Hall where we will have a pop-up tent. Come visit us and enjoy all of UC Davis entomology at once!

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Art Shapiro's "Beer-for-a-Butterfly" contest is closed. Unsurprisingly, Art was the winner!

For more information click here.

A cabbage white butterfly in flight, heading toward lantana in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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News

Thank you Professor Lynn Kimsey for 35 years leading the Bohart Museum!

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Welcome Jason Bond as the new Bohart Museum Director!

Jason Bond welcoming people to the Bohart on Biodiversity Museum Day 2024

Bill Patterson Gives Generous Gift to the Bohart

Bill Patterson, longtime butterfly collector and supporter of the University of California, Davis, is giving $1 million to the university’s R.M. Bohart Museum of Entomology to help maintain its permanent insect collection. This gift will provide the museum with the necessary financial security to support its ever-growing collection.
“I hope my donation will help educate the community about the importance of butterflies and moths,” Patterson said, adding that with this gift, his aim is to benefit researchers and the museum’s extensive collection of almost 8 million insect specimens. Read more here.