The 12th annual event, set Saturday, Feb. 18 on the UC Davis campus, will showcase 11 museums or collections. Known as a "Super Science Day" and a day to chat with scientists and check out the displays, it's free and family friendly.
All sites are within walking distance of the campus except for the Raptor Center, which is two miles way on Old Davis Road. Maps and directions are posted on the website. The maps also will be available the day of the event.
The UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day is traditionally held during Presidents' Weekend. The list of the 11 museums or collections:
- Anthropology Museum, 328 Young Hall and grounds, noon to 4 p.m.
- Arboretum and Public Garden, Habitat Gardens in the Environmental GATEway, adjacent to the Arboretum Teaching Nursery on Garrod Drive, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Bohart Museum of Entomology, Room 1124 and main hall of the Academic Surge Building, Crocker Lane, 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m.
- Botanical Conservatory, the greenhouses along Kleiber Hall Drive, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- California Raptor Center, 340 Equine Lane, off Old Davis Road, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Center for Plant Diversity, Sciences Laboratory Building/Esau Science Hall, off Kleiber Hall Drive, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Nematode Collection, Sciences Laboratory Building/Esau Science Hall, off Kleiber Hall Drive, 9 am. to 3 p.m..
- Marine Invertebrate Collection, Sciences Laboratory Building/Esau Science Hall, off Kleiber Hall Drive, 9 am. to 3 p.m.
- Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology, Room 1394, Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Paleontology Collection, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 1309 Earth and Physical Sciences Building, 434 LaRue Road, 12 noon to 4 p.m.
- Phaff Yeast Culture Collection, Robert Mondavi Institute Brewery and Food Processing facility, Old Davis Road, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (See news story)
Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, chairs the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day and is a founder of the event.
Those who wish to donate to the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day can access the crowdfunding site. Donations may be made in honor or memory of someone, said Yang. A donor wall is online.
For more information, see the Biodiversity Museum Day website.
Attached Images:
A scene from one of the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Days at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. The 12th annual is Feb. 18. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A nematode display at a UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. Nematodes are also called "round worms." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The paleontology collection is the work of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The marine collection at a recent UC Davis Biodiversity Day included this sunfish. A nearby sign read: "The ocean sunfish's food of choice is jellyfish. Their digestive tract has a thick slimy lining that is believed to prevent it from being stung by its prey's tentacles." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology always draws a large crowd at the annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)