Florida Museum of Natural History,Wall of Wings display,
Gainesville Florida McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity
FLORIDA MUSEUM Of NATURAL HISTORY Gainesville Fl.
McGuire Center University Of Florida Cultural Plaza
SW 34th Street and Hull Road
Gainesville, FL 32611-2710
Museum Natural History Phone Number
352-846-2000
Hours
Butterfly Rain forest is open all year,
seven days a week except for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Monday - Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Parking is free on weekends and State holidays.$4 M-F
The McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity serves both research and public education functions. The center includes the living Butterfly Rainforest and exhibit space that features information about Lepidoptera and rain forests worldwide, as well as 39,000 square feet of research laboratories and collection space. The center houses Florida Museum Lepidoptera collections formerly stored at the Allyn Museum in Sarasota, other University of Florida collections and the State of Florida's Division of Plant Industry collections, making it the world's second-largest Lepidoptera collection, second only to The Natural History Museum in London.
