In January of 1992, the only insect museum in the tri-state area first opened its doors to the public. The Insectarium was created by a man named Steve Kanya, who has a vision of educating, entertaining and enlightening children and adults alike about the wonderful world of insects.
The museum's mission is to teach everyone about the importance of insects to the balance of nature, the environment, and our economy.
Since January of 1992, numerous busloads of children, boy scouts and girl scouts, thousands of teachers and visitors have walked through the museum.
Today the museum is two floors of live and mounted insects from all over the world. There are approximately 6,500 feet of Madagascar Hissing cockroaches, Mexican Red Leg tarantulas, Emperor Scorpions, Goliath beetles, Indian walking sticks, Praying Mantises, centipedes, African millipedes, Thorny Devils, Human Face Stink Bugs, Waterbugs, Velvet Ants, Camel Crickets and world wide butterfly collection.
On display, there is a kitchen and bathroom crawling with American cockroaches, a tank filled with glow-in-the-dark scorpions, a working beehive and a live termite colony. There are also many interactive games, quiz boards, puzzles, microscopes as well as a crawl-through spider web made of bungee cord.
