Spend your day surrounded by butterflies! Pollinator Palooza returns to the Science Mill on Saturday, April 22 from 10 am to 2 pm. The museum is open from 10 am to 5 pm. Through up-close encounters and hands-on activities, learn why these dainty flyers – along with bees and bats – are crucial to our local ecosystem. Three cheers for pollinators: Butterflies! Bats! Bees!
All-ages activities — Free with museum admission:
Visit with Mike Mendez, Bee Keeper and learn more about bee colonies and explore beekeeping tools
Make wildflower seed bombs you can plant at home to attract pollinators
Get a “bat’s eye view” of what it’s like to navigate with echolocation
Marvel at the monarch’s epic migration in Flight of the Butterfly 3D (one day only!)
Build a bug habitat out of reusable materials
Experience an insect’s point of view in our newest Sci-Dive 4D adventure
Additional activities — See package options below to reserve your spots:
Live Butterfly Release - 11:30am:
Welcome the next generation of pollinators to our local ecosystem! The painted lady butterflies you release will help to pollinate many plants, from asters to zinnias, and their future offspring will migrate across North America. (Limited spots)
Plant Sale:
Purchase Native plants during Pollinator Palooza - from 10am-5pm.
One-click package options
Pollinator Pals: Youth ticket + a butterfly to release ($12)
Pollinator Patrons: Adult ticket + a butterfly to release ($13.50)
Pollinator Patrons+: Senior ticket + a butterfly to release ($11.50)