October 6, 2018 — May 27, 2019
Closed
Timed entry only. Whitney Hall of Oceanic Birds, second floor.
[Beat of a musical instrument. Two fluttering orange-and-black butterflies near the same leaf, one sitting, one flying. A yellow butterfly lands amid foliage.]
Voice of Hazel Davies: Come visit the tropics at the American Museum of Natural History's Butterfly Conservatory,
[Close-up on one butterfly, focus change, another butterfly in the foreground appears.]
where you can walk through lush green foliage
[A striped butterfly sits on a different leaf.]
and blooming tropical flowers,
[Close-up of chrysalises hanging in a row, first a row of brown, then a row of green.]
all while learning about the butterfly life cycle, how butterflies live, and
[Several different butterflies flutter around leaves of a plant.]
why they're important in the environment.
[Close-up of a yellow-and-black butterfly hanging on a plant.]
There are over 500 individual butterflies at any time in the Conservatory,
[Wide shot of conservatory, with fluttering butterflies amid greenery.]
representing over 100 species, from countries as far-flung as Thailand, Brazil,
[Several butterflies fluttering around, landing on, or sitting in the feeding discs.]
Kenya, Australia, and beyond.
[Slow-motion of a sitting butterfly flapping its wings. Another butterfly flutters in the green. A third butterfly lands on the edge of a feeding disk. Another sits on a leaf. A pair of other butterflies flutter around a plant, others are shown sitting on leaves, showing variety of species referred to in voiceover.]
Meet species like the cruiser, longwing, julia, paperkite, and owl butterfly.
[A large butterfly shown sitting on an outstretched arm.]
One may even land on you. Find your favorite butterfl