Michigan State University Bug House

Vistor information
Thank you for choosing the Department of Entomology's Bug House. On a trip to the Bug House your guide will introduce you to the fascinating world of insects. Each guide is a graduate student in the Department of Entomology and has a diverse knowledge of insects and the interesting things they do. Each guide's tour is slightly different depending on their particular area of interest and presentation style.

Bug House hours:
The Bug House is open to the public from 5:30-7:30 PM on Mondays starting September 14.

All other tours must be preaaranged by reservation only. Tours are designed for all ages in groups of 30 or less. There is a fee associated with this program. To make a reservation, call (517) 355-4662.

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Due to continuing budget cuts, the Bug House will be forced to raise prices for tours and charge for Open House events in the future. In these difficult economic times, we have tried to keep our fees as reasonable as possible and rely on donations and Insect Emporium sales to cover our costs. However, this is no longer adequate if we wish to keep the Bug House and our other Outreach programs going.

Beginning September 1st, the following fees will take effect.

Bug House Tours - $50 for a 1 hour educational program with 2 guides – limit 30 children/adults

Special Open House Events for the General Public – (Halloween, Christmas,and Summer events in June, July, August )
$1.00 for adults
$0.50 for children

Monday Night Open House Events (5:30-7:30 p.m. Monday nights– September through May) will continue to be free but with a donation requested.

Off-site programs and special events (eg. birthday parties in the Bug House) Prices will be negotiated depending on the length and complexity of the event and number of personnel required.

We greatly appreciate your patronage and sincerely hope that you will continue to enjoy our outreach programs. Thank you for your support.

Where are we located? The Bug House is located in rooms 146-147 of the Natural Science building. See the map to the right. This is a view of the north end of campus, east of the junction of Michigan Avenue and Grand River Avenue. Visitor parking on weekdays is at metered spaces near the Student Services building or in other designated visitor parking areas throughout campus.