What to Know
- Butterfly Pavilion at the Natural History Museum
- $8; general museum admission is required, too
- March 17-Aug. 25, 2024; visitors will behold "hundreds" of butterflies around the enclosed yet airy space, with around 30 species represented
Conventions of all types take place in Los Angeles every single day; professional meet-ups can involve comic book enthusiasts, dentists, restauranteurs, fashion executives, and just about every other career, calling, and/or interest in the world.
Finding a convention of butterflies, though, is rather more tricky: As a rule, these flittersome insects are out doing their things on their own, visiting the flowers they want to visit, alighting on the plants that catch their notice.
But there is a colorful convention of butterflies that takes place each spring in Southern California, and while it isn't happening at a traditional convention center exhibit hall, it does occur at a well-known location: Exposition Park.
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Specifically, at the Butterfly Pavilion, just outside of the Natural History Museum. The airy space — it is enclosed, but open to the sunlight and breezes — is the stunning spot to admire loads of butterflies, and by "loads" we do mean "hundreds," wow wow.
The Common Buckeye will be there, and Mourning Cloaks, too; if you know your Golden State butterflies, you know these are native to California. But around 30 species are represented, so plan on beholding a wide and wonderful swath of beautiful butterflydom from near and far.
It isn't just about wowing-out over the grown-up representatives of the butterfly realm, though; you'll also "(s)ee all stages in the butterfly life cycle, including eggs, caterpillars feeding on leaves, and chrysalises."
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This quirky convention is fluttering back for another ethereal engagement, from March 17 through Aug. 25, and tickets are available now.
Important to know? Butterfly Pavilion is a separate ticket — it is $8 per person — but you'll also need to purchase admission to the museum.
