The American Museum of Natural History is home to many fascinating sections, and one of them will really have you bugging out. Susan and Peter J. Solomon Family Insectarium is one of the most mind-blowing exhibitions of its kind and it’s doing a great job capturing the underappreciated beauty of insects.
This insectarium is one of the most popular attractions of the Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation, and it will help you see insects in a whole new light. It’s inviting you to meet many species of insects and learn more about the critically important roles they play in ecosystems.
“Many of us are kind of concerned and we want people to be invested in the future of insects because the future of insects is the future of our own species, the future of humanity,” Dr. Jessica Ware, associate curator in invertebrate zoology at the AMNH, told NY1.
One of the most popular attractions at this insectarium is the show-stopping 8,000-pound resin model of a beehive, featuring an interactive exhibition “Be a Bee”. Visitors will also get to experience digital exhibits and maps, observe artfully pinned butterflies and beetles, and watch one of the world’s largest displays of live leafcutter ants, as they work together in perfect harmony.
