• Calendar
  • Programs
    • Bugs on the Move: Traveling Programs
    • Bugs at the Museum: Programs at MNHC
    • Bugs at the Museum: Programs at spectrUM
    • Bugs Around Town
    • Distance Learning
    • Camps
    • Bug Birthday Bash
    • Community Science – Barcoding US Ants
    • Bugs and Brews
    • Bug Appetit
    • Online Bug Encounters
    • Custom Bug Encounters
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    • Bug Bytes Podcast
    • Bug Ambassador Bios
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Onto Bigger and Buggier Things!

Onto Bigger and Buggier Things!

Our efforts to open a new, larger facility are charging ahead! We hope to open our new facility in June 2023. Become a partner in this exciting vision by making a donation or considering a gift to our capital campaign.

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Join Us for a Four-Part Community Science Series!

Join Us for a Four-Part Community Science Series!

Interested in gaining hands-on scientific experience and contributing to valuable ongoing research? Join us this summer for a unique opportunity working in the field and lab—collecting and processing ants for a nationwide community science project, US Ants.

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Watch our Online Bug Encounters!

Watch our Online Bug Encounters!

Join us each week for a “Bug Encounter” livestream via our Facebook page. You’ll hear fresh stories from the world of insects and arthropods and meet a variety of Bug Ambassadors. Browse our “Online Bug Encounters” page for past livestreams and family-friendly bug activities you can do in your own home!

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Take a Virtual Field Trip!

Take a Virtual Field Trip!

Let our distance learning programs spark curiosity and critical thinking in your classroom! Choose from engaging NGSS-aligned programs like Bug Biomimicry, Super Spiders; Little Things, Big Jobs; Creative Creatures; and more.

Explore Our Distance Learning Programs

Curious about our future home? Check out the video for more information.

Contact The Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium

Mailing Address
PO Box 8885 Missoula, MT 59807

Office Address
Our office is located in the Montana Natural History Center
120 Hickory St Suite A
Missoula, MT 59801

Phone Number
406-317-1211

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Where can you find us?

The Insectarium closed its Front Street location on August 17th, 2019. As we work to build a new, larger facility featuring a tropical butterfly house, we continue to host weekly events. Visit our Calendar for more information.

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