THE INSECT MUSEUM

The Museum of Insects was founded by the effort of PKBSI members and the Zoological Museum of Bogor to introduce the variety of insects and to stimulate interest and raise public awareness about its roles and potential. President Soeharto opened the museum on April 20^th,1993.
 

Insects are the Creatures with the largest kinds in the world, particularly in Indonesia. Many people believe that insects are dirty, disgusting, and destructive. This misconception is to be provent wrong in the museum.

The wide range of insects in Indonesia is the theme for the exhibition and display in the museum. There are at least 250,000 kinds of insects in Indonesia living inside and on the ground, inside and on plants, animals, and human. Certainly some of them cause demage to health and environment, but some are interesting to learn more about. Some are beautiful, some odd. Some are miniscule, and others enormous. All insects, including bugs and colorfull butterflies and other interesting species can be seen in the insects Museum TMII.

If insects exist in large number and play and important role in human life, it is only appropriate  if the museum illustrates one side of the insects world as the purpose to stimulate public appreciation and affecrion toward insects. Through understanding and knowledge about insects, the public will be more informed when it comes to deal with insects. The exhibits in the museum are useful as education for students to know more about insects, and for the public to promote awareness about insects in human life.

To provide further information about the insect world , the insect Museum also shows film about insects. People will be able to learn more and insects by watching the films and eventually raise our awareness about insects.