Comments on: Insect zoos http://www.exhibitfiles.org/blog/2008/10/28/insect-zoos/ A community blog for exhibit designers and developers Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:00:20 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Sharon http://www.exhibitfiles.org/blog/2008/10/28/insect-zoos/comment-page-1/#comment-63787 Sharon Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:01:17 +0000 http://www.exhibitfiles.org/blog/?p=117#comment-63787 The Cockrell Butterfly Center in Houston, TX makes learning about insect’s fun through games and questions related to the preserved and living specimens. It is a three-story glass building and inside is a waterfall and rainforest filled with plants and hundreds of living butterflies. Downstairs from the rainforest is an insect area, where you learn about topics like butterfly gardening, and argh eating insects! The Cockrell Butterfly Center in Houston, TX makes learning about insect’s fun through games and questions related to the preserved and living specimens. It is a three-story glass building and inside is a waterfall and rainforest filled with plants and hundreds of living butterflies. Downstairs from the rainforest is an insect area, where you learn about topics like butterfly gardening, and argh eating insects!

]]> By: Beth Redmond-Jones http://www.exhibitfiles.org/blog/2008/10/28/insect-zoos/comment-page-1/#comment-62674 Beth Redmond-Jones Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:05:10 +0000 http://www.exhibitfiles.org/blog/?p=117#comment-62674 Thank you all for your input! If there are other members out there with more examples, please let me know. thanks! Beth Thank you all for your input! If there are other members out there with more examples, please let me know. thanks! Beth

]]> By: Christine Leahy http://www.exhibitfiles.org/blog/2008/10/28/insect-zoos/comment-page-1/#comment-53597 Christine Leahy Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:29:16 +0000 http://www.exhibitfiles.org/blog/?p=117#comment-53597 Beth, In the Denver, CO area, we have the Butterfly Pavilion and Insect Center. It's small, but nicely done and very popular. Check it out at http://www.butterflies.org/ Best, Christine Beth,
In the Denver, CO area, we have the Butterfly Pavilion and Insect Center. It’s small, but nicely done and very popular. Check it out at http://www.butterflies.org/

Best,
Christine

]]> By: S Pilsk http://www.exhibitfiles.org/blog/2008/10/28/insect-zoos/comment-page-1/#comment-51572 S Pilsk Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:05:56 +0000 http://www.exhibitfiles.org/blog/?p=117#comment-51572 Smithsonian Institution Museum of Natural History (Wasington, D.C.) has the insect zoo in a corner of the building that is named for Orkin. Check out: http://www.mnh.si.edu/insect/ and/or http://www.mnh.si.edu/education/fieldtrip/planned_programs/insect_zoo/ I found some dead links just today that I hope to find out what the problem is on Monday. New(ish) is the live butterfly exhibit in the same museum. Smithsonian Institution Museum of Natural History (Wasington, D.C.) has the insect zoo in a corner of the building that is named for Orkin.
Check out: http://www.mnh.si.edu/insect/
and/or
http://www.mnh.si.edu/education/fieldtrip/planned_programs/insect_zoo/

I found some dead links just today that I hope to find out what the problem is on Monday.

New(ish) is the live butterfly exhibit in the same museum.

]]> By: Judy Rand http://www.exhibitfiles.org/blog/2008/10/28/insect-zoos/comment-page-1/#comment-48059 Judy Rand Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:31:06 +0000 http://www.exhibitfiles.org/blog/?p=117#comment-48059 Beth, my favorite insect zoo is the Montreal Insectarium, at the Biodome. Jim Peterson was impressed with it, too. A labor of love on the part of its founder, Georges Brossard, whose enthusiastic, wild-about-bugs, spread-the-word personality is reflected in every display. http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/insectarium/en/index.php?section=1&intParent=1 Most insect zoos and modest and you can't really get the feeling for them on the website. I thought it was worth the trip up there. Let me know what you think! xox Judy Beth, my favorite insect zoo is the Montreal Insectarium, at the Biodome. Jim Peterson was impressed with it, too. A labor of love on the part of its founder, Georges Brossard, whose enthusiastic, wild-about-bugs, spread-the-word personality is reflected in every display.

http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/insectarium/en/index.php?section=1&intParent=1

Most insect zoos and modest and you can’t really get the feeling for them on the website. I thought it was worth the trip up there. Let me know what you think! xox Judy

]]> By: Tisha CL http://www.exhibitfiles.org/blog/2008/10/28/insect-zoos/comment-page-1/#comment-47952 Tisha CL Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:16:06 +0000 http://www.exhibitfiles.org/blog/?p=117#comment-47952 How about the Audubon Insectarium in New Orleans? I haven't been there but saw plans for its development (now open, I'm sure) and it looked fabulous on paper. How about the Audubon Insectarium in New Orleans? I haven’t been there but saw plans for its development (now open, I’m sure) and it looked fabulous on paper.

]]> By: Albert Roskam http://www.exhibitfiles.org/blog/2008/10/28/insect-zoos/comment-page-1/#comment-47933 Albert Roskam Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:46:09 +0000 http://www.exhibitfiles.org/blog/?p=117#comment-47933 The most well known zoo with a special part for insects (butterflys) is the Noorder Dierentuin in Emmen. Other interesting zoos are Burgers Dierenpark in Arnhem, Blijdorp in Rotterdam and Artis in Amsterdam. There is a huge natural history museum in Leiden, called Naturalis, but only with (I hope) dead insects. You could find all of these zoos with Google. The most well known zoo with a special part for insects (butterflys) is the Noorder Dierentuin in Emmen. Other interesting zoos are Burgers Dierenpark in Arnhem, Blijdorp in Rotterdam and Artis in Amsterdam. There is a huge natural history museum in Leiden, called Naturalis, but only with (I hope) dead insects.

You could find all of these zoos with Google.

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