The museum will be closed on Wednesday, December 25 for the Christmas holiday. We will reopen on Thursday, December 26.

Lisa's Story: Bug Affair

How an insect enthusiast and museum fan became a queen bee of Bug Fair

Lisa Gonzalez portrait in Entomology Collections room

Hear how Lisa Gonzalez, now NHM's Program Manager of Invertebrate Living Collections, went from being a Bug Fair fan to becoming Assistant Collections Manager in the Entomology Department. You'll see why Gonzalez gets a buzz from imparting fascinating details about insect biodiversity to the human multitudes.