UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day

The 14th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day is Saturday, February 8, 2025, where nine museums/collections will open their doors for free to the public. This event aims to inspire young kids to pursue careers in science.

This event is free and family-friendly. Free parking is also available at all the institutions.

The following nine UC Davis museums/collections are participating in Biodiversity Museum Day:

UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden, Habitat Gardens in the Environmental GATEway

• Adjacent to the Arboretum Teaching Nursery on Garrod Drive
• 12pm to 4pm

Bohart Museum of Entomology

• Room 1124 and main hall of the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker
• 9am to 1pm

Botanical Conservatory

• The greenhouses along Kleiber Hall Drive
• 10am to 2pm

California Raptor Center

• 1340 Equine Lane, off Old Davis Road
• 9am to 3pm

Nematode Collection (part of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology)

• Katherine Esau Science Hall, off Kleiber Hall Drive
• 10am to 2pm

Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology

• Room 1394, Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane
• 10am to 2pm

Paleontology Collection, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

• 1309 Earth and Physical Sciences Building, 434 LaRue Road
• 10am to 2pm

Phaff Yeast Culture Collection, Robert Mondavi Institute Brewery and Food Processing facility

• Old Davis Road
• 10am to 2pm

Visual Journal Exhibit (new), Design Museum at Cruess Hall, Room 124 & Moth Documentary (new), Cruess Hall, Room 100 

• 375 California Ave
• 1pm to 5pm (Visual Journal Exhibit in Room 124)
• 2:45pm to 5pm (Moth Documentary in Room 100)