Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium

Butterflies in Flight

Butterflies in Flight

The Butterfly Garden features hundreds of butterflies!

Open 7 days a week!

Open 7 days a week!

All Audubon attractions are open 7 days a week this summer — starting Memorial Day through Labor Day!

Bug Appétit

Bug Appétit

Eat a bug! Exotic culinary creations from our bug chefs.

Animal Planet L!VE

Animal Planet L!VE

Watch the new leafcutter ant and the cockroach cams!

Audubon Experience Package

Audubon Experience Package

Fun and adventure awaits with the best entertainment value in town!

Audubon Membership

Audubon Membership

Join today and enjoy free admission, exclusive benefits and the pride of supporting a leading, local non-profit.

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Audubon Buttefly Garden and Insectarium, located in the U.S. Custom House on Canal Street, encourages you to use all five senses as you explore North America’s largest museum devoted to insects and their relatives. You’ll discover why insects are the building blocks of all life on our planet and along the way, you’ll be shrunk to bug size; wander through a mysterious Louisiana swamp; join the active audience of an awards show for bugs, by bugs; and be captivated by thousands of butterflies in an Asian garden. Voted "A top museum for you and your kids” by CNN.com, 2009.
 

Galleries and Attractions

The Butterfly Garden features hundreds of butterflies!
Watch the new leafcutter ant and the cockroach cams!

Chats and Feeds

A small buffet of edible insects awaits those with adventurous palates at Bug Appétit.
Learn more about the busy lives of the American cockroach...