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Early works by renowned artists, rare botanical specimens, live insects and contemporary Native American art: Our museums and collections focus on both the individual and the whole. They educate while entertaining us. You’ll see grade-school classes, college students and seasoned scholars learning what is new, what is old and what is enlightening about our world.

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[### Special Collections

For a treat, visit the Special Collections department in Shields Library and find rare books, manuscript collections and the University Archives.](https://www.library.ucdavis.edu/special-collections/)

[### Bohart Museum of Entomology

This museum houses a global collection of nearly 8 million terrestrial and fresh-water specimens, plus live ones and a gift shop.](http://bohart.ucdavis.edu/)

[### Department of Anthropology Museum

Learn about anthropology from our museum’s cultural and biological resources. School groups and researchers welcome.](http://anthromuseum.ucdavis.edu/)

[### Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology

Bird banding, animal inventories and field biology are just a few activities this museum does in its goal to discover, educate and conserve.](http://mwfb.ucdavis.edu/)

[### Manetti Shrem Museum of Art

Dedicated to art education for students of all ages, our newest museum opened in fall 2016 and includes the UC Davis Fine Arts Collection.](https://manettishremmuseum.ucdavis.edu/)

[### Design Museum

Explore exhibitions about architecture, fashion, graphics, textiles, technology and popular culture that reflect diverse and global aspects of design.](https://arts.ucdavis.edu/designmuseum)

[### The C.N. Gorman Museum

The museum features contemporary Native American and Indigenous art in changing exhibitions and our permanent collections.](http://gormanmuseum.ucdavis.edu/)

[### California Raptor Center

This educational and research facility is dedicated to the rehabilitation of injured and orphaned birds of prey (raptors).](https://crc.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/)

[### UC Davis Arboretum

This 100-acre outdoor museum offers demonstration gardens focused on sustainable landscaping and scientifically significant plant collections.](https://www.ucdavis.edu/campus-life/arboretum/)

[### Botanical Conservatory

Our conservatory is a classroom, a research lab and public treasure trove of tropicals as well as carnivorous, desert dwellers and orchids.](http://greenhouse.ucdavis.edu/conservatory/)

[### The Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven

Visitors come to this outdoor museum year-round to observe and learn about bees and the plants that support them.](https://beegarden.ucdavis.edu/)

[### UC Davis Center for Plant Diversity and Herbarium

We identify plants! Our field projects and our herbarium of 300,000 pressed plants document plant diversity over time and space.](https://herbarium.ucdavis.edu/)