Many Muscovites and guests of the capital admire various exhibits at VDNKh. But not everyone knows that there is a garden of live tropical butterflies there. In Moscow, whole families like to visit this place. Not only delight is associated with it, but also romance, inspiration! The Butterfly Museum is especially popular with children and couples in love. Even in the cold winter, the Butterfly Museum at VDNKh is dominated by a colorful summer. There is an atmosphere of wildlife all year round.
The Butterfly House at VDNKh in Moscow: from the history of occurrence
The opening of the museum took place in 2007. The Moscow Butterfly House was given the name "Butterflyarium". In addition to living light-winged beauties, the museum displayed paintings made from dry butterflies.
Already in 2008, the collection was supplemented with other exotic insects, arthropods, amphibians and reptiles. Everyone who comes to this wonderful place is in for an amazing surprise in the form of a uniquecollections of moths and other insects from various tropical countries. The eyes of visitors simply light up at the sight of bright crimson lacewings, turquoise morphos, black sailboats.
The Butterfly Museum at VDNKh is suitable for themed tours, romantic dates, photo shoots and selfies. The entrance ticket for an adult is 400 rubles. Children visit the butterfly garden for 300 rubles.
The space is often rented for children's parties, workshops and presentations.
Features of the collection at VDNKh
Two Lepidoptera Insect Halls and Butterfly Gift Shop are 200 square meters. m.
In the first hall, tropical moths fly freely. Basically, insects from Southeast Asia, Central and Latin America are represented here. They surprise not only with their size, shape, but also with shades. Do you think that these are ordinary moths that you are used to seeing in the summer in our latitudes? This is not true. They amaze with their large size, brightness, bizarre patterns on the wings. And almost all are tame: you can gently hold the insects and take a selfie. They fly freely around the hall, sit on the bright clothes of visitors. They are even allowed to be fed oranges, bananas, tangerines, grapefruits, pineapples, mangoes.
Also in the hall there is an incubator where you can watch the transformation of a cocoon into a butterfly.
Ability to rent space
If you want to visit the Butterfly Museum at VDNKh without strangers, thenyou can rent a greenhouse for a while: an hour will cost 15,000 rubles. It is only necessary to agree on such an opportunity in advance.
Often rent a room for master classes, filming, children's parties, weddings, presentations. The greenhouse can accommodate up to 50 people. An unusual environment among plants and butterflies will make any event unique and interesting.
VDNKh is a very popular place for recreation and leisure in Moscow. The garden of living tropical butterflies often attracts many leading TV channels to shoot beautiful programs. Children here are not only interesting, but also informative. They learn a lot about wildlife, get acquainted with biology, entomology, geography.
Personal and group tours
Museum staff offer two types of tours:
- Personal. It is carried out for one or two people or a family. You need to pay an additional 1,500 rubles for the tour.
- Group. Can include up to 20 people. Additional payment to the cost of tickets - 3,000 rubles.
Of course, everyone can buy tickets and take a walk in 2 halls on their own. The collection with live tropical moths will be interesting even without a guide. But experienced guides will tell you about everything related to butterflies in a very exciting way.
Visitors are offered not only excursions, seminars, but also books, films about nature and insects. The duration of the tour of the two halls is approximately 45 minutes.
If children come to the museum as a whole class, then for two accompanying adults the entrance will befree. The time and date of such excursions must be agreed in advance.
Wonderful photo shoots with butterflies
Photos with butterflies in the halls of the museum are simply magical, very romantic. Not only ordinary visitors take pictures here, but also models, brides. They often shoot videos for advertising. A photo session with light-winged beauties of babies or pregnant women looks very cute.
In the museum you can capture yourself not only with live butterflies, but also with dry exhibits on pins and needles. Huge moths will make the photo shoot unforgettable.
Best place for romantic dates
Man often don't know where to invite a girl on a romantic date. The best place for dreamy couples and sublime relationships will be the Moscow Tropical Butterfly Garden. Especially for such an occasion, the Butterfly Museum at VDNKh can be closed for a while, put candles on, turn on romantic music, and arrange additional accessories. Such dates are especially popular on Valentine's Day.
Event duration - 1 hour. There will be no strangers in the greenhouse at this time. Lovers can bring a bottle of champagne, sweets, fruits. It turns out very nice when partners plant butterflies flying around each other. For a special atmosphere, two hanging chairs are offered, in which it is very cozy. On weekdays, you can even enter the territory of VDNKh by car.
Ability to purchase butterflies in a special shop
There is a special shop on the territory of the greenhouse. In it you can buy insects in various frames: round, square, oval. Girls will be interested in jewelry made from butterfly wings, for example, pendants, pendants. The original purchase will be a light-winged beauty in a glass cube. It is also possible to buy a whole collection of butterflies under glass here.
Paintings of moth wings look very unusual. For example, in the form of bouquets of irises from blue wings. But most of all, customers are tempted by dried butterflies on needles.
Also, the store offers various books and encyclopedias about butterflies of the world.
Reviews about the exhibition of butterflies at VDNKh
Many visitors leave grateful comments about "Butterflyarium". It can be seen from them that the museum staff is constantly replenishing the collection with new insects and other cute little animals: parrots, turtles, lizards.
The activity of light-winged beauties is very interesting. Here, many watch how a butterfly begins to straighten its wings in a cocoon and a butterfly is born. Incubators amaze everyone. Some people manage to buy a chrysalis here, and after a few days at home they can see how a gorgeous butterfly hatches from it.
It is very informative to look at the panels on the walls of the museum, which show thousands of cute colorful insects. Professional entomologists conduct interesting excursions. From their stories you can learn about various types of butterflies, their places of residence, life, interestingfacts.
The little visitors especially like the museum. Most of all, they strive to get into the hall with live butterflies. Many visitors like the fact that insects can be handled, and they often sit on bright clothes.
For those who want to take a professional photo, there is a special area where you can take pictures not only with moths, but also with spiders and beetles. The photo is then sent by e-mail.
At the same time, some visitors note that the design of the halls is a little poor, I would like something more spectacular. Many people want more tropical plants instead of artificial ones. And the allotted 40 minutes on the ticket is not enough to view all the halls and take pictures.
In general, the Butterfly Museum evokes positive emotions in people.
