Insect Collections, Zoos, Museums, and Butterfly Gardens in North America
ESA offers the following listing of insect collections, zoos, museums, and butterfly gardens in North America. Many of these institutions offer complementary educational programs and/or materials; please inquire with the individual institutions. The institutions are listed in two columns, in alphabetical order according to state.
Please select from the following to view the institutions in that state: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, DC, Canada.
Cook's Natural Science Museum, Decatur
Alabama Museum of Natural History, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Arthropod Museum, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
The Insect Zoo, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles
San Diego Wild Animal Park, Escondido
Insect Zoo, San Francisco Zoo, San Francisco
Essig Museum of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley
Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, Davis
Butterfly Pavilion & Insect Center, Westminster
University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Boulder
C.P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity, Colorado State University, Fort Collins
Ashland Nature Center Butterfly House, Delaware Nature Society, Hockessin
Tradewinds Park Butterfly World, Coconut Creek
Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center, Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain
University of Georgia Insect Zoo, Athens
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
Kansas State University Insect Zoo, Manhattan
Audubon Insectarium, Audubon Nature Institute, New Orleans
Michigan State University Bug House, East Lansing
Albert J. Cook Arthropod Research Collection, Michigan State University, East Lansing
Mini-beast Zooseum & Education Center, Young Entomologists’ Society, East Lansing
Bell Museum of Natural History, Minneapolis/St.Paul
Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul
Butterfly House, Missouri Botanical Gardens, Chesterfield
Monsanto Insectarium, St. Louis Zoo
Butterfly Pavillion, Folsom Children’s Zoo & Botanical Gardens, Lincoln
Systematics Research Collections in Entomology, Natural History Museum, University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln
Magic Wings Butterfly House, North Carolina Museum of Life & Science, Durham
World of The Insect, Cincinnati Zoo
The Rainforest, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Museum of Science, Toledo Zoo
Insect Zoo, Oregon Zoo, Portland
Frost Entomological Museum, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Cockrell Butterfly Center & Insect Zoo, Houston Museum of Natural Science
Entomology Collection, Dallas Museum of Natural History
The Bug Box, Fredericksburg
Invertebrate Exhibit & Pollinarium, National Zoo
Invertebrate Zoology, Royal Alberta Museum, Edmonton, Alberta
Insectarium de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
Victoria Butterfly Gardens, Brentwood Bay, British Columbia
Spencer Entomological Collection, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
J.B. Wallis Museum of Entomology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
University of Guelph Insect Collection, Guelph, Ontario
Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario
Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes, Ottawa, Ontario
Lyman Entomological Museum, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec
Zoology Collection, Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Inclusion of a facility does not imply an endorsement by the Entomological Society of America. Nor does it imply criticism of others not listed. Corrections and additions are welcome; please send to sro@entsoc.org.
Last updated
February 26, 2010
