Frost Entomology Museum - University Park, PA
N 40° 48.189 W 077° 51.743
18T E 258539 N 4520848
This insect museum is on the Penn State University Park campus.
Waymark Code: WM15W72
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 03/07/2022
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The museum houses the insect and related arthropod collections of The Pennsylvania State University and serves a valuable educational function by making insect biodiversity accessible to the general public through displays for the casual visitor and educational visits for school groups and other interested organizations.
The Frost Museum was founded in 1969 and dedicated to former Penn State professor Stuart W. Frost.
(from listed website)
The museum has an extensive collection of aphids, lice, dragonflies, and damselflies.
There are also living insects. You can pet a Madagascar hissing cockroach!
Days and Hours of Operation:
Monday - Friday 10 - 4
Address:
160 Curtin Road
Related Website: [Web Link]
Price of Admission: 0.00 (listed in local currency)
What is in the collection:
The research collection comprises approximately 1,000,000 specimens of arthropods, representing more than 15,000 species. Specimens are pinned, stored in cellophane envelopes, slide-mounted, or preserved in ethanol, depending on the taxon and stage.
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