- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's Saturday, Feb. 10 and it's the 13th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. It's a Super Science Day showcasing 10 museums or collections across campus.
Some 2000 visitors fan into the Academic Surge Building, home of the Bohart Museum and the Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology.
The Bohart Museum is the home of a global collection of eight million insect specimens. It's seventh insect collection in North America.
On BioDivDay, 15 Bohart activity stations lined the hallway. Bug...
- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
"Super Science Day" at the University of California, Davis, is a day before the Super Bowl.
The 13th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, set Saturday, Feb. 10, is a free and family friendly event showcasing 10 museums or collections.
What's to see? What's to do? Should you plan to attend all of them? What would interest toddlers, teenagers and senior citizens?
Tabatha Yang, who chairs the annual event and is a co-founder and serves as the education and outreach coordinator for the Bohart Museum of Entomology, provides the answers on the Biodiversity Museum Day...
- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
Plans are underway for the 13th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, a free "Super Science Day" for the public to observe science in action, and meet the scientists one-on-one.
The event, set for Saturday, Feb. 10, will feature 10 museums or collections:
- Anthropology Museum, 328 Young Hall and grounds, open from noon to 4 p.m.
- Arboretum and Public Garden, Habitat Gardens in the Environmental GATEway, adjacent to the Arboretum Teaching Nursery on Garrod Drive, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
Meet the scientists! Ask questions!
Plans are underway for the 13th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, a free "Super Science Day" for the public to see science in action and learn about 10 UC Davis museums and collections.
The event is set for Saturday, Feb. 10, the weekend before Presidents' Day weekend.
Participating will be:
- Anthropology Museum, 328 Young Hall and grounds, open from noon to 4 p.m.
- Arboretum and Public Garden, Habitat Gardens in the Environmental GATEway, adjacent to the...
- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
The 13th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, a free public event to observe science in action and learn about the UC Davis museums and collections, is set for Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024.
The committee recently settled on the date. The inaugural event took place during the Presidents' Day weekend.
The museums and collections will participate at their various sites on campus. They will include Phaff Yeast Culture Collection, Bohart Museum of Entomology, Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology, Arboretum and Public Garden, California Raptor Center, Earth and Planetary Sciences Paleontology Collections, Botanical Conservatory, Center for Plant Diversity,...