Camp Name: The Butterfly Pavilion & Insect  Center
Schedule: Open Daily; 9 a -5 p (winter); 9 a- 6 p (summer)
Established: 1995
Address: 6252 West 104th Ave.;  Westminster, CO
Phone Number: 303-469-5441
Fax Number: 303-657-5944
Email: kdelashmit@butterflies.org
Director: Kim DeLashmit
Website: www.butterflies.org
Focus: At the Butterfly Pavilion, we've got more adventures than you can imagine.  As the nation's first stand-alone insect zoo, the Butterfly Pavilion is the ideal place to see and interact with exotic live invertebrates from around the globe.  It's where science, fun and education come together.
Ages: All Ages
Cost: $7.95 adults; $4.95 kids
Major Exhibits:
Wings over the Tropics: Explore our lush tropical conservatory, home to more than 1,200 live butterflies from around the world.

Crawl-A-See-Em: Get eye-to-eye with tarantulas, leaf insects, scorpions, beetles, giant millipedes and many more!  You can even hold Rosie, our Chilean Rose Hair tarantula.

The Water's Edge: You've heard of a petting zoo - try our petting tank! Touch live sea stars, sea cucumbers and other aquatic invertebrates.

Shrunk!:  Experience our eye-popping new exhibit with giant animatronic insects that actually move. 
Exhibits of 06: Project Insect: A traveling art and science exhibition brought to you by James and Jessa Huebing-Reitinger that educates about the science of entomology and conservation through the medium of performing visual arts
Class Trip Pricing: The student group rate is $3.50 per student and one free adult with every 5 paid students.  Additional adults are $7.95.  Adults assisting students with disabilities are free.

Our field trips and classes are based on Colorado State Content Standards (K-12), and we can adapt them to cover any invertebrate topic you may be studying in your classroom.  For example, topics may include Buggy Basics/ Arthropod Overview, Insects Inquiry, Life Cycles, Habitats and Food Webs, Ecosystems and Ecology, Simple Classification and Careers.  Groups may also schedule a group self-guided visit between 9:00am and 3:30 pm. 

You may visit our website for more information regarding our classes and visits as well as online registration at www.registrationsite.org  Parking is free and we offer outdoor picnic tables for lunches.  Scholarships are available for qualifying schools.  Requirements and application forms are available to download on www.registrationsite.org

Should you need additional assistance, please contact Nicole Bickford, Youth Programs Coordinator at 303-469-5441 Ext 1862.  We look forward to working with you and your school!