Bohart Museum of Entomology
455 Crocker Ln
Kid essentials
About this place
A university insect collection with a live petting zoo of walking sticks and hissing cockroaches your kid can actually hold. Public hours are limited, so the free family open house days are the easy way in.
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm
- Wednesday
- 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm
- Thursday
- Closed
- Friday
- Closed
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
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