Butterfly Pavilion

The Butterfly Pavilion is located in Westminster, Colorado. It opened in July 1995, and was the first standalone non-profit insect zoo in the United States. The 30,000-square-foot facility sits on an 11-acre piece of land, and contains five main exhibit areas to teach visitors about butterflies and other invertebrates. The main exhibit is an indoor rain forest filled with 1200 free-flying tropical butterflies.

The Butterfly Pavilion is a publicly supported facility with most of its funding coming from admission fees, corporate sponsorship, and the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District of Colorado. Because it imports non-native insect species, the Pavilion is regulated by the USDA.

In 1990, the Rocky Mountain Butterfly Consortium was created with the intention of creating a public Butterfly house. The Butterfly Pavilion and Insect Center, the first freestanding Butterfly house and invertebrate zoo in the United States, was opened about 5 years later on July 15, 1995. It joined the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District as a Tier II organization in 1996, and in 1997 launched their first outreach program, the Bugmobile, which serves 20,000 students annually as of 2010. In 1997 the Pavilion was also recognized as the fastest growing cultural attraction in Denver. In 1998 the administrative offices were converted into Water's Edge, a tide pool exhibit.

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1. 2010-09-05T16:22:13Z : Laura, lauradacto - Gooooood morning everyone! Today shall be an extremely fun day, I'm going to the butterfly pavilion for the first time!(: