Bug Day logo featuring bugs and photos

Saturday, August 15

10 AM – 4 PM

Have you heard the buzz?

The Schiele is celebrating the wild and wonderful world of insects, arachnids, and every bug in between!

Picture of ants
Picture of hands holding a Tarantula
A family peers into a window housing an active beehive
A young boy uses a net to capture insects on The Farm
  • Learn about decomposers, invasive species, pheromones, and lots of fun facts about bugs through hands-on activities.

  • Discover which animals eat bugs during an interactive live animal program.

  • Meet bugs and bug experts. Browse bug-related vendors!
  • Play Bug Bingo. Build a Bug in a special event-day makerspace!
  • Enter the Bug-Eating Contest! (Register to participate below. Contestants are admitted to Bug Day FREE.)
Exhibitor shows a bug to watching children
Picture of a ladybug

Your all-inclusive BUG DAY ticket includes admission to the museum and The Farm, encounters with insects and spiders, a planetarium program (“Cosmic Critters”), and all event activities.

ADVANCE TICKETS

$6 Museum Members

$18 General Public

Use discount code ADV$2 at checkout

ON EVENT DAY:

$8 Museum Members

$20 General Public

Join us for the BUG-EATING CONTEST on Saturday, August 15 at 11 AM or 1 PM.

You must be at least 18 years old to participate. Contest participants will be admitted free if registered by 5 PM on August 14. Additional tickets for accompanying guests may be purchased at the admissions desk.

Read the official rules and waiver HERE

Bug-Eating Contest Registration

Enter if you dare!

This contest is for those 18 years or older.

Enjoy food and drinks from these delicious BUG DAY vendors:

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