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Education and Group Programs at The Bugseum of New Jersey include live presentations, daily Touch Presentations, and animal encounters with many different insects. Children can touch a live tarantula, millipede, and hissing cockroach, play bug games on touch-screen computers, crawl through a termite mud tube, view thousands of exotic insects, and spy on many other live insects. Group Programs, Guided Tours, private events, and Bug Bash birthday parties are available by appointment when scheduled in advance.
• Ages: 3–12 years old
• Schedule: School-year hours on Friday and Saturday from 10 am to 3 pm and Sunday from 12 pm to 5 pm, with summer hours from June 29, 2026, to August 28, 2026, Monday through Friday from 10 am to 3 pm, and Touch Presentations at 2:00 pm
• Price: Admission $14 + tax per visitor, with children ages 2 and under free, and tickets purchased onsite
The Bugseum of New Jersey (Insectropolis) is set within the architecture of a bug-themed city, with creative displays, over a dozen exhibit areas, an observation hive, touch-screen computers for bug games, a mud tube to crawl through, many live insects to observe, daily touch presentations, and a bug-themed gift shop called the One-Stop Bug Shop. Its mission is to motivate visitors to discover the little-known lives of insects and foster a greater appreciation for bugs and their place in the world.
The leadership team includes “Velvet Ant” Val (Valerie), who has retail sales, management, and art experience and creates murals and exhibit areas while running the One Stop Bug Shop; “Dragonfly” Di (Diane), the Group Coordinator who runs tours, handles bugs, plans group visits, and helps design displays; and Chris Koerner, who managed Ozane Pest Control, studied business and finance at Rider College, helped construct many exhibits, and continues to build the insect specimen collection at his pinning station. Reviews from visiting families and groups describe birthday parties, class field trips, and family outings with live bugs to pet, touch presentations at 2 pm, knowledgeable and friendly staff, and exhibits that several visitors recommend for children and people of all ages.
Last updated July 20, 2026.
• Ages: 3–12 years old
• Schedule: School-year hours on Friday and Saturday from 10 am to 3 pm and Sunday from 12 pm to 5 pm, with summer hours from June 29, 2026, to August 28, 2026, Monday through Friday from 10 am to 3 pm, and Touch Presentations at 2:00 pm
• Price: Admission $14 + tax per visitor, with children ages 2 and under free, and tickets purchased onsite
The Bugseum of New Jersey (Insectropolis) is set within the architecture of a bug-themed city, with creative displays, over a dozen exhibit areas, an observation hive, touch-screen computers for bug games, a mud tube to crawl through, many live insects to observe, daily touch presentations, and a bug-themed gift shop called the One-Stop Bug Shop. Its mission is to motivate visitors to discover the little-known lives of insects and foster a greater appreciation for bugs and their place in the world.
The leadership team includes “Velvet Ant” Val (Valerie), who has retail sales, management, and art experience and creates murals and exhibit areas while running the One Stop Bug Shop; “Dragonfly” Di (Diane), the Group Coordinator who runs tours, handles bugs, plans group visits, and helps design displays; and Chris Koerner, who managed Ozane Pest Control, studied business and finance at Rider College, helped construct many exhibits, and continues to build the insect specimen collection at his pinning station. Reviews from visiting families and groups describe birthday parties, class field trips, and family outings with live bugs to pet, touch presentations at 2 pm, knowledgeable and friendly staff, and exhibits that several visitors recommend for children and people of all ages.
Last updated July 20, 2026.
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