Many institutions have created butterfly and pollinator gardens and butterfly exhibits. Check this list to find a garden or exhibit near you.

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Alabama

• Birmingham Zoo, Birmingham, Alabama

  • Seasonal Butterfly Exhibit

Alberta

• Calgary Zoo, Calgary, Alberta

  • Tropical Butterfly Exhibit
  • Indoor Butterfly Garden
  • Butterfly Garden

Arizona

• Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona

  • Butterfly/Pollinator Garden

• The Arboretum at Flagstaff, Flagstaff, Arizona

  • Butterfly/Pollinator Garden
    

British Columbia

• Vancouver Aquarium, Vancouver, British Columbia

  • Exotic Butterfly Exhibit

California

• CuriOdyssey, San Mateo, California

  • Butterfly Garden

• Living Desert, Palm Desert, California BFCI member!

  • Seasonal Butterfly Exhibit

• Oakland Zoo, Oakland, California
  National Wildlife Federation-certified Backyard Habitat

  • Butterfly Garden

• Sacramento Zoo, Sacramento, California

  • Butterfly Garden

• San Diego Zoo Safari Park, Escondido, California
  National Wildlife Federation-certified Backyard Habitat

  • Seasonal Exotic Butterfly Exhibit
    

• San Francisco Zoo, San Francisco, California

  • Butterfly Garden

• Six Flags Marine World, Vallejo, California

  • Seasonal Tropical Butterfly Exhibit

• Steinhart Aquarium, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California BFCI member!

  • Year-Round, Neo-Tropical Butterfly Exhibit
    

• Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding, California

  • Seasonal Butterfly Exhibit (check ahead for operating times)
    

Colorado

• Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Colorado Springs, Colorado BFCI member!

  • Butterfly Garden

• Denver Zoo, Denver, Colorado

  • Butterfly Garden

• Pueblo Zoo, Pueblo, Colorado

  • Butterfly/Pollinator Garden

• Butterfly Pavilion, Westminster, Colorado

  • Year-Round Butterfly Exhibit
  • Butterfly Garden
    

Connecticut

• Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo, Bridgeport, Connecticut

  • Butterfly Garden

District Of Columbia

• Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Washington, District Of Columbia

  • Invertebrate Exhibit with Pollinarium (year-round North American butterfly exhibit)
  • Butterfly Gardens

• Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District Of Columbia

  • Butterfly Garden
    

• National Museum of Natural History, Washington, District Of Columbia

  • Year-Round Butterfly Exhibit

Florida

• Brevard Zoo, Melbourne, Florida BFCI member!

  • Butterfly Gardens
  • Seasonal Butterfly Exhibit

• Naples Zoo, Naples, Florida BFCI member!
  National Wildlife Federation-certified Backyard Habitat

  • Butterfly Gardens

• Central Florida Zoo, Lake Monroe, Florida
  Monarch Watch\'s certified Monarch Waystation

  • Butterfly Garden

• Disney's Animal Kingdom, Orlando, Florida BFCI member!
  National Wildlife Federation-certified Backyard Habitat

• Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens, Jacksonville, Florida

  • Open Air Butterfly Garden

• Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa, Florida

  • Butterfly Garden

• Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, Florida

  • Year-Round Butterfly Exhibit
  • Butterfly Garden
    

• Zoo Miami, Miami, Florida

  • Butterfly Gardens
    

• Florida Aquarium, Tampa, Florida

  • Butterfly Gardens
    

Illinois

• Brookfield Zoo, Chicago, Illinois BFCI member!

  • Seasonal North American Butterfly Exhibit
  • Butterfly Gardens

• Chicago Academy of Sciences/Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago, Illinois

  • Year-Round Butterfly Exhibit
  
  

• Henson Robinson Zoo, Springfield, Illinois

  • Butterfly Garden

Iowa

• Reiman Gardens, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

  • Year-Round Butterfly Exhibit
    

Kentucky

• Louisville Zoo, Louisville, Kentucky BFCI member!

  • Seasonal North American and Neotropical Butterfly Exhibit
  • Butterfly Garden

Louisiana

• Audubon Insectarium, New Orleans, Louisiana

  • Year-Round Butterfly Exhibit and Garden (opening scheduled for 2006)

Maryland

• Salisbury Zoological Park, Salisbury, Maryland BFCI member!

  • Butterfly Garden
    

• Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, Maryland

  • Seasonal Exotic Butterfly Exhibit
  • Butterfly Garden
    

Massachusetts

• Franklin Park Zoo, Boston, Massachusetts

  • Seasonal Butterfly Exhibit

• Museum of Science, Boston, Massachusetts BFCI member!

  • Year-Round Butterfly Exhibit

Michigan

• Kalamazoo Nature Center, Kalamazoo, Michigan

  • Seasonal Butterfly Exhibit

• Detroit Zoo, Detroit, Michigan BFCI member!
  Monarch Watch's Certified Monarch Waystation

  • Year-Round Tropical Butterfly Exhibit
  • Butterfly Gardens
    

• John Ball Zoological Garden, Grand Rapids, Michigan

  • Seasonal Monarch Butterfly Exhibit
    

Minnesota

• Minnesota Zoo, Minneapolis, Minnesota

  • Seasonal North American Butterfly Exhibit

• Como Park Zoo and Conservatory, St. Paul, Minnesota

  • Butterfly Garden

Missouri

• Dickerson Park Zoo, Springfield, Missouri

  • Butterfly Garden

• Kansas City Zoo, Kansas City, Missouri

  • Butterfly Garden

• Saint Louis Zoo, St. Louis, Missouri

  • Year-Round Tropical Butterfly Exhibit
  • Butterfly Garden

• Butterfly House, Chesterfield, Missouri BFCI member!
  National Wildlife Federation-certified Backyard Habitat Monarch Watch's certified Monarch Waystation

  • Year-Round Tropical Butterfly Exhibit
  • Butterfly Garden

Nebraska

• Lincoln Children's Zoo, Lincoln, Nebraska

  • Seasonal Butterfly Exhibit
    

New Jersey

• Bergen County Zoological Park, Paramus, New Jersey

  • Seasonal North American Butterfly Exhibit

New York

• Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York

  • Butterfly Zone (seasonal North American butterfly exhibit)

• New York State Living Museum, Watertown, New York

  • Seasonal Native Butterfly House

• Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park, Syracuse, New York

  • Butterfly Garden

• Seneca Park Zoo, Rochester, New York BFCI member!
  National Wildlife Federation-certified Backyard Habitat Butterfly Beltway

  • Butterfly Gardens
  • Butterfly Beltway (99 satellite gardens in 9 surrounding counties) http://senecaparkzoo.org/butterfly-beltway.aspx
    

North Carolina

• North Carolina Zoo, Asheboro, North Carolina

  • Butterfly Garden

• Western North Carolina Nature Center, Asheville, North Carolina BFCI member!
  National Wildlife Federation-certified Backyard Habitat Monarch Watch's certified Monarch Waystation

  • Seasonal Butterfly Exhibit
  • Butterfly Garden

• Airlie Gardens, Wilmington, North Carolina

  • Seasonal NC Butterfly Exhibit
  • Butterfly Garden
    

Ohio

• Insectarium, Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, Cincinnati, Ohio

  • Year-Round Exotic Butterfly Exhibit
  • Seasonal Butterfly Garden

• Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Cleveland, Ohio BFCI member!
  National Wildlife Federation-certified Backyard Habitat

  • Seasonal Exotic Butterfly Exhibit
  • Butterfly Garden

• Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Columbus, Ohio
  State-certified "Backyards for Wildlife"

  • Butterfly Garden

• Toledo Zoo, Toledo, Ohio BFCI member!

  • Butterfly Garden

• The Wilds, Cumberland, Ohio

  • Butterfly Exhibit
  • Demonstration Garden
  • Large-Scale Habitat
    

• Krohn Conservatory, Cincinnati, Ohio

  • Seasonal Butterfly Exhibit
    

• The Butterfly House, Whitehouse, Ohio

  • Seasonal Butterfly Exhibit
  • Butterfly Garden
    

Oklahoma

• Oklahoma City Zoo, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma BFCI member!
  Monarch Watch's certified Monarch Waystation State-certified "Wildscape Garden"

  • Seasonal North American Butterfly Exhibit
  • Butterfly Garden

• Tulsa Zoo, Tulsa City, Oklahoma

  • Seasonal Butterfly Exhibit

Ontario

• Toronto Zoo, Toronto, Ontario

  • Seasonal Butterfly Exhibit

• Niagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory, Niagara Falls, Ontario

  • Year-Round Tropical Butterfly Exhibit
    

• Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory, Cambridge, Ontario

  • Year-Round Tropical Butterfly Exhibit
    

Oregon

• Oregon Zoo, Portland, Oregon BFCI member!
  National Wildlife Federation-certified Backyard Habitat

  • Seasonal Butterfly Exhibit
    

Pennsylvania

• Elmwood Park Zoo, Norristown, Pennsylvania

  • Butterfly Garden

• Erie Zoo, Erie, Pennsylvania

  • Butterfly Garden

Rhode Island

• Roger Williams Park Zoo, Providence, Rhode Island BFCI member!

  • Butterfly Garden dedicated to the 2004 victims of the fire at the Station night club

South Carolina

• Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina BFCI member!

  • Seasonal Southeastern Butterfly Exhibit

South Dakota

• Sertoma Butterfly House, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

  • Year-Round Butterfly Exhibit
    

Tennessee

• Memphis Zoo, Memphis, Tennessee

  • Seasonal North American Butterfly Exhibit
  • Butterfly Garden

• Tennesse Aquarium, Chattanooga, Tennessee

  • Year-Round Butterfly Exhibit
    

• Knoxville Zoo, Knoxville, Tennessee

  • Seasonal Butterfly Exhibit

Texas

• Dallas World Aquarium, Dallas, Texas

  • Rainforest Butterfly Exhibit

• Dallas Zoo, Dallas, Texas

  • Butterfly Garden

• Houston Zoo, Houston, Texas
  National Wildlife Federation-certified Backyard Habitat

  • Butterfly Garden

• Moody Gardens, Galveston, Texas

  • Year-Round Butterfly Exhibit
  • Butterfly Garden
    

• San Antonio Zoological Gardens and Aquarium, San Antonio, Texas BFCI member!
  National Wildlife Federation-certified Backyard Habitat

  • Seasonal Exotic and Native Butterfly Exhibit

• Texas Discovery Gardens, Dallas, Texas

  • Year-Round Tropical Butterfly Exhibit, The Rosine Smith Sammons Butterfly House and Insectarium
  • Butterfly Garden
    

Utah

• Utah's Hogle Zoo, Salt Lake City, Utah

  • Seasonal North American Butterfly Exhibit

Virginia

• Virgina Zoo, Norfolk, Virginia

  • Butterfly Garden

Washington

• Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, Washington BFCI member!
  National Wildlife Federation-certified Backyard Habitat

  • Seasonal North American Butterfly Exhibit
  • Butterfly Garden

Wisconsin

• Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

  • Year-Round Butterfly Exhibit
    

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