- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's about a day of discovery, a day of exploration, and a day to chat with the UC Davis scientists about their work and see their displays.
For students trying to decide on a scientific career, this is the place to be. For adventurers, who love learning, this is the place to be. Plus, it's free and family friendly. You download a map on the website for the locations.
But don't try to make all 11 venues in that one day.
That's great advice from BioDiv coordinator Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator for the Bohart Museum of Entomology.
"I would encourage people to choose two to three places to visit and spend time in each venue," Yang said today. "Then next year for our 15th anniversary, visit two to three different collections. "
"Unfortunately, the Anthropology Museum couldn't participate this year because Young Hall is under renovations, but we are grateful to the Design Museum for opening up their current exhibit to the public on Biodiversity Museum Day. The theme of their exhibit is 'Student Journalling While Abroad.' Journals are important field tools to all the Biodiversity Museum Day collections, so we think it ties in nicely to Biodiversity Museum Day."
The participants:
- Arboretum and Public Garden, Habitat Gardens in the Environmental GATEway, adjacent to the Arboretum Teaching Nursery on Garrod Drive. Hours: noon to 4 p.m.
- Bohart Museum of Entomology, Room 1124 and main hall of the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane. Hours: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Botanical Conservatory, the greenhouses along Kleiber Hall Drive. Hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- California Raptor Center, 1340 Equine Lane, off Old Davis Road (Located three miles south of the central campus.) Hours: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Center for Plant Diversity, Katherine Esau Science Hall off Kleiber Hall Drive. Hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Nematode Collection (part of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology), Katherine Esau Science Hall, off Kleiber Hall Drive. Hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology, Room 1394, Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane. Hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Paleontology Collection, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 1309 Earth and Physical Sciences Building, 434 LaRue Road. Hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Phaff Yeast Culture Collection, Robert Mondavi Institute Brewery and Food Processing facility, Old Davis Road.Hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Visual Journal Exhibit (new), Design Museum at Cruess Hall, Room 124, 375 California Ave. Hours: 1 to 5 p.m.
- Moth Documentary (new), Cruess Hall, Room 100, 375 California Ave. Hours: 2:45 to 5 p.m.
