Bugapalooza at NMHM

Bugapalooza is a family-friendly annual event hosted by the National Museum of Health and Medicine. The event helps raise awareness of the research dedicated to the prevention and treatment of bug-borne illness, as well as showcase the benefits and dangers of certain bugs.

During Bugapalooza, we host educational partners, to include the Military Health System, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Armed Forces Pest Management Board, and others, who engage audiences with stations that focus on bug species and safety, and topics related to entomological research.

Dermestid beetles and their larvae clean the flesh off an animal skull in a video for the June 26, 2020, Virtual Bugapalooza event hosted by the National Museum of Health and Medicine.

Retired military medical entomologist Dr. Harold Harlan shows a museum visitor preserved bugs during the July 27, 2019, Bugapalooza event at the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Silver Spring, Maryland.