The Largest Butterfly House In North Carolina Is A Magical Way To Spend An Afternoon

If you haven't discovered the Magic Wings Butterfly House at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, then prepare to be wowed. It's one of the largest butterfly houses on the entire East Coast and by far the biggest in North Carolina. Any visit here is sure to be an enchanted one spent gazing at the many species of butterflies, checking out a few exotic birds, and perhaps, even arriving in time for one of the two daily butterfly releases.

You can spend hours in the Magic Wings Butterfly House completely captivated by the fluttery creatures that live here.

The 35-foot-tall see-through butterfly house is home to more than 50 different species of butterflies. And many are from all over the world.

Whether you spend a morning, a hour, or an entire day in this lush rain forest setting, you're sure to spot hundreds (and hundreds) of butterflies.

Time your visit to be on hand each day at 11 a.m. or 3 p.m. and you'll witness even more magic when the center's Lepidopteris releases even more butterflies into the house.

With a handy butterfly identifier of your very own, you can try to determine the names of the butterflies you encounter.

But butterflies aren't the only creatures you'll encounter in the Magic Wings exhibit.

In addition to more than 250 species of tropical plants that make up this lush butterfly environment, the house is also home to a variety of exotic birds that help keep the pest population within the butterfly house low.

The Magic Wings Butterfly House is open year-round at the Museum of Life and Science.

Admission to the butterfly house is included in your general admission to the Museum of Life and Science.

Magic Wings Butterfly House is open year-round from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Museum of Life and Science In Durham. Admission to the museum covers your admission for the butterfly house too. Museum admission is: general admission/$21; ages 3-12/$16; children under 3/free; seniors and military/$19. Learn more about the butterfly house at this link, and more about everything else this fantastic museum has to offer by clicking this link.

Address: 433 West Murray Avenue, Durham, NC, 27704

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