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The Butterfly Pavilion was the nation's first stand-alone non-profit insect zoo. In its exhibits visitors see and interact with live invertebrates from around the globe.

Get Involved
Want to learn more about butterfly farming and sustainable business practices? Get involved! Become a volunteer or contribute to the Butterfly Pavilion and help protect tropical habitat around the world.

Volunteer Opportunities: Become a Tropical Odyssey Ambassador

Interested in helping in our new exhibit? Start today by signing up for a New Volunteer Orientation, offered monthly. To sign up for a New Volunteer Orientation or to ask questions email volunteering@butterflies.org or call 720-974-1868.

Benefits of Volunteering

Want to learn more about butterfly farming and sustainable business practices? Get involved! Become a volunteer or contribute to the Butterfly Pavilion and help protect tropical habitat around the world.

Become a volunteer and wing your way into a tropical odyssey. We need your help to guide our visitors through a new journey of discovery:
  • Discover butterfly farming
  • Travel with a butterfly through its lifecycle
  • Explore tropical rainforest treasures
If you are 16 or older and can give at least 8 hours each month, get involved and make a difference! Your efforts can help protect tropical rainforests around the world! Get started by completing our volunteer application. If you have questions, please contact Kris Pohl, Butterfly Pavilion Volunteer Coordinator at 720-974-1868 or volunteering@butterflies.org. Learn more about the Tropical Odyssey Specialist position here.

Donation Options

Invest in our future and your own by helping the Pavilion to enhance and maintain its exhibits and programs. Your support ensures ongoing enrichment and education in our community. The Butterfly Pavilion is a non-profit invertebrate zoo dedicated to science education and conservation. With butterflies purchased from farmers in the tropics, we support sustainable agriculture in rainforests worldwide preventing deforestation and habitat loss.

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Donations accepted over the phone, by mail and through Givingfirst.org.

You can send donations to:
6252 W. 104th Avenue,
Westminster, CO 80020
or call 720-970-1866 for more information.

The Butterfly Pavilion combines science education with interactive fun to teach visitors about invertebrates and conservation. Our five immersive exhibits, including our rainforest filled with 1,600 free-flying tropical butterflies, provide a year-round, unforgettable experience. Visitors can get up close and personal with live animals, enjoy daily educational programs, explore the wonder of the outdoors on the nature trail, and discover the newest traveling exhibit. Butterflies are just the beginning. 

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