The Butterfly Pavilion Reviews

Omg so awesome! There were way more things to see than butterflies!

One of my favorite spots near Denver! Very educational exhibits and can make it an all day trip or a quick stop. Great for family trips or romantic dates! Always fun and informative!

A lovely place to spend a couple of hours. You can hold Rosy the tarantula, look at lots in interesting insects, and walk among the butterflies. The butterfly enclosure itself is not large, but is densely packed with many species. It's a nice place to go on a cold day, as they keep it pretty warm in the pavilion-proper. There is a gift shop with mementos and toys, some quasi-educational, and a little play area for the very young to work out some energy -- the place is naturally somewhat geared toward kids. Our four-year-old loves the place, which is really probably all that needs to be said in a review.

Great for kids and adults alike. It's like a small museum/zoo with some interactive exhibits. The butterfly room is humid but seeing hundreds of large or colorful butterflies is definitely worth the trip and the cost.

The butterflies were amazing! My kids loved having the butterflies land all over them in the butterfly garden. The other exhibits added to the wonders of nature. The outside garden was a nice stroll too.

Fun for the kids. Staff is friendly and educational.

Stunning! So much more than just butterflies floating around you like the lightest candy candy pillow. I won't give it all away, but you need to go.

Was good for our 18 month old and her cousin who is 3.

Fun place for kids. My child enjoyed the insect and water life exhibits but quickly lost interest in the butterfly pavilion. However, I enjoyed the butterfly pavilion.

Love this place! Great for all ages! Great escape when Colorado snowstorms hit! :)

Very much a fun experience. I've lived in CO most of my life and never got around to catching this place til now. Had a good time seeing all the butterflies and tarantulas they have for you to directly interact with. I probably wouldn't come back but definitely a nice one-time thing.

Such a beautiful and tranquil environment. You could just stay there all day and relax and watch butterflies! Enjoy. CAB

Amazing experience for you and your family. I would highly recommend that if your kids are 5 years or older this is the place to go to. Children under 5 can't enjoy the full scope of the place. I sincerely wish they had a bigger location with more options and exhibits to admire or look at. Some of the exhibits have a cheap feel to them and honestly there online prices are very different then the front door prices. I got charges almost a full adult price for a 2 year old and they do not offer a military discount except at the gift shop that's labeled as an exhibit. The entire place is directed in a way to guide you to spend more money. When I was a kid it use to cost my mom $20 bucks to get us in and eat now it's sky rocketed prices are not worth the minor exhibits that end way to quickly. I think the open pavilion where the butterflies roam freely should be bigger and should be guided by employees to explain the exhibit the creatures and the animals themselves. Hopefully when they move even further from Denver they will find what there obviously looking for, more money. It's a cash dump that's not worth the 45mins of seeing next to nothing. Very chaotic and disorganized. I am deeply saddened that when I went to a place sacred to my childhood memories to share with my daughter after the horrors of war I was Nickle and dimed to death. Good luck pavilion in your cheap ways to drag every dollar out of every person.

Great for the kids and a blast as a father with the kiddos

Great family fun. The butterfly conservatory is captivating! Perfect place to get some good photos.

Great place to take kids and they have lots of interactive areas. We are taking the beekeeping classes offered and the instructors are very knowledgeable and love whay they do. Highly recommended!

Lots of parking and a great layout. The butterfly release is fantastic and the new spider tent is terrifying! A dual membership with the Denver childrens museum is absolutely worth it.

Beautiful experience! For such a relatively small structure, it is laid out in such a way that you never feel crowded.

Fun place for kids and adults! Make sure you visit Rosie the tarantula.

Beautiful, hasn't changed a bit over the years. Great place to take anyone, anytime!

Came here for my older sibling's birthday. Staff were really nice. Had a really great time spending it with both two of my sisters with the butterflies. :)

Great invertebrate museum, especially for kids. There are butterflies, insects, spiders, and sea creatures. It's a great place to go for an indoor day trip.

Super place with an indoor butterfly garden that you are able to walk into freely. Admission is inexpensive. While marketed towards families, the experience is worth the visit for all ages.

Very small place that mostly caters to children. I came here alone as I was swayed by reviews and thought it would be more like a zoo and more catered to all people not just kids. The butterfly room is cool but is definitely crowded with lots of running, yelling kids even at 2pm on a Monday. I was so afraid they would step on a butterfly. I got some weird stares from staff here whom I sensed were wondering where my child was and made me feel a bit uncomfortable. I left pretty quickly after seeing the butterflies (not really much else to see!).

This was a great time. There were a lot of hands on exhibits for my 7.5 year old. The pavilion kept her occupied for several hours

Such a lovely place to take the kids or any senior members in your family it's like stepping into a magical world filled with butterflies and flowers

We love coming to the Butterfly Pavillion. It's a great place to take out of town family, especially during colder days because it's super warm inside. The exhibits are smaller, but very informational and hands on. Rosie the tarantula is very sweet, and easy to psych yourself up to hold even if you're scared of spiders. The gift shop has some amazing artwork and the staff here is friendlier than most Denver area family attractions.

Not really into butterflies but this place was cool

Such an amazing experience for our 2 year old, he had such a blast. Smaller than I expected could do the whole trip through in a couple hours depending on how long you stay in the butterfly habitat. Better for younger kids, I could see older children losing interest pretty fast.

Loved it as a kid years ago and it was still pretty magical as an adult. Definitely worth the visit

Great place for families or couples to spend a few hours learning and watching the insects. Make sure you stop by to see Rosie!

The place is super amazing! There is so much butterflies to learn and the staff are really helpful. Though, there is one problem. In the room where there are butterflies, there is so much dead or stomped butterflies around the place. It is also super hot in there. So i'm giving this a four stars because there is so much for the kids to see.

This place is awesome! We took our 4 year old here for a 3 day camp (2 hours each day). He loved it! We'd visited previously so we knew what to expect. There's really a ton to learn at this venue, more than perhaps the name implies. The butterflies are truly incredible, but so is the insect area. All around a fantastic place for kids and adults alike.

We love the Butterfly Pavilion! It isn't too overwhelming or long for very small children. Engaging enough for big kids. Their gift shop is wonderful. Today we watched the new butterflies being released at the end of the day. It was informative and fun for me and my kids. There are lots of interactive elements. And there is a small play area at the end, which my kids always look forward to.

I love this place!! The staff was so nice and helpful and the butterfly exhibit was so cool! My boyfriend and I walked around a million times just looking at the butterflies. The staff here does a great job keeping up with the facility. They even have a student discount which is helpful. The only thing is when it is busy, the place is not very big so at times it felt very crowded.

As a child, I wouldn't have appreciated this because I was and still am terrified of creepy crawlies. However, as an adult I think this is an amazing place. It really helps educate people on the creepy crawlies, and shows how important they are to us and our environment. It's very family friendly which is awesome.

I love being able to be around all the butterflies! It feels magical. I wish there was more to hold my kid's interest here. But I could relax in the butterfly part all day!

Great place for children to learn about insects and wildlife.

Like it here its just so little wish they had more and the Butterfly release isn't cool that used to be

Always a fun experience for the kids. They especially like watching the honey bees work and the butterflies emerging from their cocoons.

It was a great experience. My daughter loved it. The only thing is that you can't hold Rosie the trantula. You get to

My family has the annual pass which has proven to be well worth the money! Rosie #8 is my kids favorite part of the tour.

I've loved this place since I was in elementary school

Worth a visit, go early when crowds are manageable.

Fun place to waste some time and they have a mantis shrimp which is awesome, held the tarantula.

A fun and interesting experience, educating those who visit about butterflies, plants, other insects, and much more.

I thought it could have been bigger, but besides that it was a beautiful place and they are very kid friendly!

It was really fun ! Also the insects and aquarium are enjoyable. Maybe the gift shop is a bit expensive but the exhibition is delightful

We had a wonderful time at the Butterfly Pavilion. The butterflies are gorgeous and watching the release of newly emerged butterflies was a treat!

Great place to take the family. Lots educational displays.

This place is broken into 3 divisions with fun live insects and a mini aquarium, the butterfly house where you can walk around during butterfly releases and have them land on you ( great photo ops) and then an actual bug display. Fun afternoon outing!

Great as always, it has been a while and I love the changes since I was there last.

Ahhhhhh! I love this place so much! They had so many butterflies that were active and flying all around! So happy I have a membership!

Wonderful place to take a family. Great for all ages!

The kids love this place and the staff is very knowledgeable

Awesome pavilion! If only they could make it bigger so it's not always so crowded.

Great fun for adults and kids, and very educational!

A ton of fun for all of us, kids and parents alike. They had a play area, well sanitized and limited capacity. We also enjoyed petting the sea stars and crabs and learning about them. Also the garden trails outside were a nice walk and colorfully decorated so still a treat even in winter.

This is such an amazing place! The butterflies are so fun to see. It's a great place for school/homeschool field trips.

Wonderfull learning adventure for the whole fam. Dont let the name fool ya. The butterflies are amazing. But we seen exotic fish and marine creatures, Bugs, Bees, Spiders and whole mess of other cool stuff. We love it been 5 times still learnin new stuff each time. Great for kids. Affordable and to add super fun!

Pretty cool but go on a weekday a little noisy on weekend

The Butterfly Pavilion is an interesting place to visit for many reasons. One reason it's so special is because you can hold a real tarantula! Her name is Rosie. The next reason why is because you can also touch a bright red starfish. Another example why this place rocks is the cool aquariums full of insects, fish and turtles. The most wonderful part is the room full of all the beautifully colored butterflies. You should pay the pavilion a visit since it's so great!

(This was written by Mrs. Gluski's 2nd grade class- we went in November of this year.)

The Butterfly Pavilion was such a wonderful experience. I love the Hands-On activities and I love the butterflies.

It's a great experience for the family, even as adults!

Out standing visit, FYI pre purchased reserved tickets required

Love this experience! Wonderful place, amazing butterflies, and the friendly staff went above and beyond expectations! Shout out to the gift store manager who saved our day from being ruined!