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+1 504-581-4629
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423 Canal St, New Orleans, LA, 70130
Central Business District
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Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
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940 ftBienville Station
970 ftCanal Street Station
0.4 miToulouse Station
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Good for Kids
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Today |
10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Closed now
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Local time (New Orleans) | 18:52 Thursday, 5 June 2025 |
Monday | – |
Tuesday | 10:00 am – 5:00 pm |
Wednesday | 10:00 am – 5:00 pm |
Thursday | 10:00 am – 5:00 pm |
Friday | 10:00 am – 5:00 pm |
Saturday | 10:00 am – 5:00 pm |
Sunday | 10:00 am – 5:00 pm |
Specialties
Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium, a facility of Audubon Nature Institute, is the largest free-standing bug museum in the United States! Located in the historic US Custom House on Canal Street, we’re infested with fun.
History
Established in 2008.
Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium celebrates the world of bugs with 13 gallery rooms containing more than 70 live animal enclosures, 30 mounted specimen cases and a multisensory immersive theater experience. There are about 100 live arthropod species throughout the Insectarium as well as alligators and fish. Visitors can experience live insect encounters, discover cultural aspects of insects, sample exotic insect cuisine, shrink in size to see the world from a bug’s perspective, and enjoy the tranquility of a Japanese garden while watching hundreds of butterflies flit about. This one-of-a-kind interactive museum is a «living classroom» designed to show how human lives are affected by the mighty Insect Kingdom.
Meet the Manager
Katie S.
Manager
Katie serves as Director of Public Relations at Audubon Nature Institute.