About May Natural History Museum

May Natural History Museum is an entomology museum in Rock Creek Park, Colorado. The museum describes its holdings as the world's largest private insect collection. The museum's insects and arachnids were collected by amateur naturalist James May from 1903 until his death in 1956; the museum was founded by his son, John May, in 1952.

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1952

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Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within 6.6 miles of May Natural History Museum; the closest, John May Museum Center Corporation, is practically next door.