A Free Day for the Public

Our 10th annual Biodiversity Museum Day will be Saturday, February 13, 2021 over Presidents' Day Weekend. Everyone is welcome to explore!

Biodiversity Museum Day is a free, educational event for the community where visitors get to meet and talk with UC Davis scientists from undergraduate students to staff to emeritus professors. Come and join us as we explore amazing objects and organisms from all around the world!
Fun, quick videos from our 2018 and 2019 events!

Parking

Please park in any parking lot for free and then walk, bike, or scooter around the campus. The core of the UC Davis campus is a car-free zone. You can not drive across campus- no matter what your navigation device says. You can drive around the campus and to the off-campus sites of the Raptor Center and the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. See the poster page for a campus map (stay tuned for the 2020 map).

Rain or Shine

If it looks like a rainy day, worry not; there is so much to do regardless of the weather. If the weather is unfavorable, you can still enjoy the simple pleasure of a warm greenhouse with the patter of rain on the glass, or you can lose yourself in the microscopic worlds of nematodes, yeasts, and pressed plants. Whatever the weather, come learn and enjoy! 
yeasts in culture
The fascinating world of yeasts!
Apis mellifera (bee) in Eschscholzia californica (flower)
Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven

Featuring these 13 Collections!

*NEw* A Public talk
(Noon- 1pm)
194 Young Hall
(near anthropology)

  • Melanie Truan, research ecologist, UC Davis Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology, will cover “Biodiversity Studies at the UC Davis Wildlife Museum.” Biodiversity studies, she says, “can tell us a lot about the world and how it is functioning. This is especially important today where the influence of Homo sapiens is having profound impacts on the planet and its inhabitants.” She will touch on some of the ways that the UC Davis Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology incorporates biodiversity into its research. 
  • Gabrielle Nevitt, professor of animal behavior, will speak on “How Do Sub-Antarctic Seabirds Find their Food in the Vast Ocean?” (“They follow their nose," she says, "and sometimes it gets them into trouble.”)
  •  Art Shapiro, distinguished professor of evolution and ecology, will discuss “Are Our Butterflies in Trouble?” (“Yes, they mostly are in trouble,” he says. He will discuss “How do we know and why?”)