Cockrell Butterfly Center (indoor butterfly conservatory)

The Cockrell Butterfly Center is a three-story glass-enclosed tropical conservatory and exhibit within the Houston Museum of Natural Science that houses thousands of live butterflies and moths in a recreated tropical environment. It includes a walkthrough rainforest, live specimens, and educational programs focused on lepidoptera life cycles and conservation. The center is recognized as a distinctive live-insect exhibit in a major natural history museum.