Butterflies Alive! Exhibit Opens for the Summer
**Events may have been canceled or postponed. Please contact the venue to confirm the event.
Date & Time
Sat, May 24 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Address (map)
2559 Puesta del Sol
Venue (website)
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
The extremely popular Butterflies Alive! summer exhibit returns to the Sprague Butterfly Pavilion at Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History on May 24, 2025. Featuring a dazzling variety of more than two dozen tropical butterfly species from Costa Rica, this immersive experience welcomes guests to walk through a beautiful garden while about 1,000 live butterflies flutter freely around them. Peer into the emergence chamber in Santa Barbara Gallery to see butterflies at an earlier stage of life. You might witness an adult butterfly popping out of its chrysalis!
Butterflies Alive! is a special exhibit that requires $3 tickets in addition to Museum admission. Pavilion tickets will be free for Members* and available online, or in person at the admissions office and the pavilion itself. Reservations are recommended; start the process by reserving Museum admission.
Last entry into the pavilion is at 4:30 PM. The Sprague Butterfly Pavilion is ADA accessible; visit the Museum’s accessibility page for more information.
Exhibit runs through September 1, 2025.
*Guests of Members who receive free admission to the Museum as part of a Member benefit can receive free pavilion tickets at admissions and the pavilion.
Photo © 2024 Gary Robinson
