The Museum of Biological Diversity Open House

Last month we had a fun day wandering through the Museum of Biological Diversity. It is normally a research and teaching facility, but once a year in February, they open their doors to the public to come see all the collections and different projects they are working on. It was really crowded, but really fun. It was geared towards kids older than Stella, but she still had an absolute blast.

There was an awesome bug petting zoo.

Stick Insects:

Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches:

Yup! That’s me holding that cockroach! Stella petted it a few times, too.

I held a salamander, too!

How cool are these photo Op booths? I thought they were so funny and crazy and I just couldn’t resist getting some pictures of Stella as a Mite:

And how about this creepy one:

Here are just a couple of the many cool things we saw:

Giant Clam:

Meteorite:

Walrus Hide:

Elephant Skull:

Two workers had these little animal puppets outside the mammal room and Stella LOVED them! We walked past them multiple times and every time she would squeal and reach out for them. She kept trying to hug them and kiss them. It was so cute.

Such a great day! We will be back next year!