Posts Tagged: specimens
Bohart Museum Launches Drive to Raise Funds for Traveling Specimen Display Boxes
“Have bug, will travel?” No. Make that “Have insect specimens in...
The Bohart Museum's display cases travel throughout Northern California. Here entomologist Alexander Nguyen, a UC Davis entomology graduate, volunteers at the 2017 Solano County Youth Ag Day, held on the Solano County Fairgrounds. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Enthusiasm runs high when the traveling display cases of Bohart Museum of Entomology specimens are introduced to the public. This image was taken at a Solano County Youth Agriculture Day on the Solano County Fairgrounds. This is Bohart associate Parris McGrath greeting the third-graders. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Tabatha Yang, Bohart Museum education and outreach coordinator, is surrounded by excited third graders at the 2017 Solano County Youth Ag Day, Solano County Fairgrounds. They are looking at the traveling display cases of insects. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart Museum Spreading Diversity; Specimen Gifts to Turkey Museum and Research Center
The Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis is helping to spread the biodiversity of...
Some of the specimens that the Bohart Museum is gifting to Atatürk University, Turkey.
The Biodiversity Science Museum and Research Center at the Atatürk University, Turkey, will be the new home of these specimens, gifted by the Bohart.
A Welcoming Gift from the Bohart Museum to Atatürk University, Turkey
The Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Davis, is helping to spread the...
This is part of the Bohart Museum of Entomology collection that will be gifted to Atatürk University, Turkey. (Bohart Museum photo)
This is another image of the Bohart Museum of Entomology collection that will be gifted to Atatürk University, Turkey. (Bohart Museum photo)
Marius Wasbauer's Massive Wasp Specimen Collection Donated to Bohart Museum
The UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology recently received a massive donation of more than...
Bohart Museum officials and supporters unload the wasp specimens. Inside the truck is Bohart Museum director Lynn Kimsey. Forensic entomologist Bob Kimsey helps unload the drawers. At far right is Bohart Museum research associate Brennen Dyer. Also pictured are Kimsey friends, Mike Whitney, retired Placer County sheriff and his wife, Becky, with the handtruck. (Photo by Steve Heydon)
The donation to the Bohart Museum of Entomology from the estate of renowned wasp expert Marius Wasbauer (1928-2021) includes an estimated 50,000 specimens from all over the world: in 180 drawers, in 13 24-drawer cabinets. (Photo by Steve Heydon)
Bohart Museum of Entomology's Open Houses
The Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Davis, has scheduled nine special...
The Bohart Museum of Entomology's live "petting zoo" is a favorite among all visitors. This is a red velvet walking stick. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Bohart Museum is the home of nearly eight million insect specimens. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)