MCZ Open House: Entomology
Join us for an Entomology Open House
- explore the pinned insect collection
- learn about current research and collections projects
- learn about novel specimen digitization processes
We hope you can join us for an MCZ Open House of our Entomology Department
April 8, 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Refreshments and tours departing from Room 418
About
The MCZ regularly hosts open houses of our collections for our neighboring Harvard community. This year, Entomology staff will guide small groups through the collection and students will showcase their research.
This collection is among the richest and historically most significant of the entomology collections in North America, containing more than 7,500,000 specimens and the primary types (the specimen referenced when describing a new species) of more than 33,000 species. The ant and fossil insect collections are considered some of the most important worldwide.
Directions
Meet us in Room 418, located on the fourth floor of the Museum of Comparative Zoology building at 26 Oxford St.
Please note that some parts of the tour do not meet accessibility standards, and we will modify tours as necessary.
