If you've been wondering when the 15th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day will take place, wonder no more!
The committee has voted.
The popular event, a "Super Science Day" that's free and family friendly, is set for Saturday, Feb. 21, so mark your calendars.
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, says Biodiversity Museum Day coordinator Tabatha Yang, one of the founders. Yang serves as the education and outreach coordinator of the Bohart Museum of Entomology.
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.
The 14th annual Biodiversity Museum Day took place Feb. 8, 2025, and included 11 venues. The 2025 participants:
- Arboretum and Public Garden, Habitat Gardens in the Environmental GATEway, adjacent to the Arboretum Teaching Nursery on Garrod Drive.
- Bohart Museum of Entomology, Room 1124 and main hall of the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane.
- Botanical Conservatory, the greenhouses along Kleiber Hall Drive.
- California Raptor Center, 1340 Equine Lane, off Old Davis Road (Located three miles south of the central campus.)
- Center for Plant Diversity, Katherine Esau Science Hall off Kleiber Hall Drive.
- Nematode Collection (part of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology), Katherine Esau Science Hall, off Kleiber Hall Drive.
- Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology, Room 1394, Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane.
- Paleontology Collection, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 1309 Earth and Physical Sciences Building, 434 LaRue Road.
- Phaff Yeast Culture Collection, Robert Mondavi Institute Brewery and Food Processing facility, Old Davis Road.
- Visual Journal Exhibit (new), Design Museum at Cruess Hall, Room 124, 375 California Ave.
- Moth Documentary (new), Cruess Hall, Room 100, 375 California Ave.
(Note: the cover image shows UC Davis student Riley Hoffman talking to attendees at the Bohart Museum of Entomology during the 2025 Biodiversity Museum Day)