GalleryButterfly Pavilion

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Rank 1 out of 1 Museum / Exhibition / Gallery in Westminster

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6252 Westminster Blvd., 80020 Westminster

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Reviews Museum / Exhibition / Gallery Butterfly Pavilion

1krispy1(60)
Broomfield, United States of America

96%

excellent

[1krispy1, 05/02/2007] In this case the meaning of "Butterflies are free" means the butterflies are free to flutter about this tropical rainforest to their hearts content for the two weeks that they normally live. Typically insect lifecycles are about 28 days in length. In this case the residents get to live the last half of their life in paradise. Albeit an artificial one as this paradise is in the middle of the semi-arid high plains of Colorado. It is a long way indeed from the tropical rainforest of their genesis just two weeks previous. The Butterfly Pavilion annually spends about £40,000 on chrysalises from [more]

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Nytimes.com

80%

excellent

The author states that going through that Butterfly Pavilion is a journey through "a world of grace and beauty" and notes that the habitat has "lush green plants" which are utilized by the butterfly population for food and housing. He also indicates the educational benefits by stating that "beetles comprise one fifth" of the world's living things. The author states that the "arthropods" of Colorado are in one exhibit. Visitors will be able to see "exotic species" from around the world and go to a "fascinating touch cart" that allows them to hold creatures such as "a cockroach or a tarantul [more]