Tropical Butterflies
Exotic butterflies are flying freely in the Aquatic House
Every year in the winter months, the Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg offers a special opportunity to experience tropical butterflies up close in the aquatic plant house of the greenhouses. The chrysalids come from special butterfly farms in Costa Rica and the Philippines. Just a few days after their arrival in the warm and humid climate of the greenhouse, they hatch and fly freely in the aquatic plant house. With a bit of luck, you can observe mating, egg laying, caterpillar stages and pupation on site. In this way, the entire life cycle of the butterflies can be experienced.
Admission with time slot tickets only
Space in the aquatic plant house is very limited. Access is therefore only possible for a limited number of visitors at any one time. During the butterfly exhibition, the greenhouses including the butterfly exhibition can only be visited with time slot tickets.
It is necessary that you purchase a time slot ticket for your visit – either online or on site at the main box office (Menzinger Straße 65).
Annual pass holders and children (aged 4 and over) with free admission require a free time slot ticket.
Children under the age of 4 can be taken into the butterfly exhibition without a ticket.
Tickets are available at the main ticket office for the current day only, not for future visits.
You can also purchase your desired time slot tickets for future days in the online ticket shop.
Current information:
During the week (Mo-Fr): There are currently enough tickets available at the box office – even for spontaneous visits.
At weekends (Saturday a. Sunday), the time slot tickets are sold out at the ticket office from midday onwards. You can spend any waiting time until your time slot in the other greenhouses, in the open air or in the café. For your planning security, we recommend booking your time slot via our Ticket Shop.
► Ticket information for private groups
► Click here for the Online Ticket Shop
(Creditcards only)
How do the time slot tickets work?
The time slot ticket is also valid as a day ticket for all other show greenhouses.
You can use your ticket to enter these areas at any time – before or after your visit to the butterflies.
Your ticket specifies the start time for your visit to the butterfly exhibition in the aquatic plant house.
On the ticket you will find the TimeSlot information (= time slot), the date of your visit and your start time.
Ticket Example: TimeSlot 11 am. , Einlasszeit 60 Minuten:
- You can enter the aquatic plant house between 11 am and 12 am.
- Of course you can stay longer in the butterfly exhibition.
- Please allow for waiting times in front of the greenhouse entrance and the aquatic plant house.
The greenhouses
The show greenhouses consist of three central halls, from which 11 smaller show greenhouses and the Green Room branch off, in which we are simultaneously presenting the exhibition Insect Drawings from Nature by Martina Zwanziger. Our greenhouse map shows you the way to the aquatic plant house.
Pushchairs cannot be taken into the greenhouses due to safety regulations. You can park your pushchairs in the basement of the main ticket office building or outside next to the entrance to the show greenhouses.



Entrance
Daily from 9 am to 4 pm.
Last admission to the greenhouses 3.30 pm.
The Botanical Garden is closed on 24 and 31 December.
The outdoor area is open free of charge until 4.30 pm. The south entrance closes at 4.15 pm.
Prices
Regular 6,50 € | discount 4,50 €
Free Admission for children under 12 years.
Reduced Admission for adolescens from 12 to 17 years. Please have your valid proof ready on site.
More Information about the Entrance fees & discounts
Location
Waterplanthouse (House 4 of the Greenhouses)
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg
Menzinger Street 65
80638 München
Webseite: botmuc.snsb.de