The Frost Entomological Museum is an active research institution, associated with the Pennsylvania State University's flagship campus in University Park, Pennsylvania.
The museum houses a research collection, estimated at 1.3 million [1] arthropod specimens, and a public exhibition and educational space.
Although the museum was founded in 1969, much of the collection dates to the early 1900s and even the late 1800s.
The research collection provides a record of the insect biodiversity of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the eastern and southeastern United States.
Major collection holdings include: Other notable collections, which reflect the interests of the museum's namesake, Dr. Stuart W. Frost, include leaf miners, light-trapped insects,[3] and arthropods of the Archbold Biological Station.