Butterfly’s First Flight & Lab Tour
Butterfly’s First Flight
$4 per person ($3 for Thanksgiving Point members)
Help one of our newly-emerged butterflies spread their wings with this immersive experience! Join our explorers in releasing young butterflies into the conservatory and help a butterfly celebrate its first flight!
Butterfly’s First Flights are available Monday-Saturday at 11 am and 5 pm. Guests must purchase in-person at the Butterfly Biosphere Front Desk.
Lab Tour
$20 per person ($18 for Thanksgiving Point members)
Ever wonder what it’s like to be an entomologist? Join the team in the lab to learn about what it takes and why it’s important to protect insects, invertebrates, arachnids, and more. This behind-the-scenes tour is the most immersive, hands-on experience in the biosphere.
Lab Tours are available every Monday and Saturday and beginning September 14th, Thursdays, at 1 pm. Ticket purchases close one hour prior to the tour.
The Butterfly Effect
The butterfly effect is the notion that one small change could have a much larger impact for better or worse. Explore how this topic covers science fiction – and our present ecosystems on the blog.
Critter Encounters
Daily | 10 am, 1 pm, 3:30 pm, 6 pm
Join a regularly timed show at the Critter Corner, where you’ll learn about bugs and the important role they play in the environment!
Bug Handling
Daily
Go beyond the glass with this hands-on opportunity! Check out the Critter Corner during your trip around the museum for a chance to hold a friendly bug.
Entomologist Chats
Daily | 1:30 pm
Join the Entomologists who take care of our insects, arachnids, and other invertebrates to learn more about the bugs that live in the Butterfly Biosphere and how we care for them. See them release the day’s newly emerged butterflies for their first flight in the Conservatory, and learn more about the butterflies’ care and behavior. Take this opportunity to chat with the Entomologist after the presentation.
Located in the Conservatory above the pond.
Itsy Bitsy Science
mondays | 3 pm
Come explore with us at Itsy Bitsy Science! Together we will investigate the workings of the natural world with young guests and their families. This program is all about encouraging littles to engage in beginning science practices through facilitated play.
Included with regular venue admission.
tales for tots
wednesdays | 11 – 11:20 am
Join us for our hands-on storytelling adventures, Tales for Tots, held weekly at 11 am. Each week a new story is read followed by a fun activity that goes along with that story.
Included with regular venue admission.
Butterfly Biosphere Trading Post
Community Insect Collection
Join Thanksgiving Point’s Community Insect Collection! Learn more about the bugs that live around you by making and sharing your observations. Take a photo of a unique bug, bring it into the Butterfly Biosphere and trade it for points. This collection is an extension of the Trading Post at the Museum of Natural Curiosity – your Trading Post points are linked to your account so you can grow points for both locations. Save up enough points to take home a special prize discovered by other explorers like yourself!