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Visitor tip
Rent a butterfly feeder when visiting the butterfly house - it's an affordable add-on that significantly enhances the experience by allowing butterflies to land directly on flowers you're holding for up-close viewing
Visitor tip
This venue is ideal for young children ages 5-6+ who will enjoy interactive elements like the butterfly feeder activity and sea creature viewing, though some may need lower expectations if touch tanks are closed
About Butterfly House & Aquarium
Live butterfly & aquatic animal exhibits. Attraction with hundreds of active butterflies plus sea life displays, including a touch pool.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Aquarium
- Location
- Sioux Falls, SD
- Highlights
- South Dakota's largest public saltwater aquarium and only butterfly conservatory ecosystem
- Hours
- 10 am–4 pm, last admission 3:30 pm
What visitors say
I absolutely love this place! Very interesting and fun for the kids and even adults to learn and experience the interactions with butterflies and sea creatures!
Took the kiddos here while visiting Sioux Falls. Loved it! The touch pool at the aquarium part was closed but there were still some sea buddies we could see! The kids enjoyed it. Then we did the flower spritz things for the butterflies.…
This was great fun for my 5&6 year olds! They were a little disappointed that the touch tanks were closed when we went but I also completely understand the need. It's not a large place and I don't know the price completely justified the…
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Did You Know?
- Houses South Dakota's largest public saltwater aquarium, making it a regional record for marine exhibits in the state
- Features a butterfly conservatory ecosystem with hundreds of active tropical butterflies that visitors can interact with by holding flowers for butterflies to land on
- Operates a touch pool and touch tank where visitors can directly handle sea creatures like stingrays and starfish, mentioned in 41+ reviews
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