UF students admitted free to Butterfly Rainforest July 12

July 6, 2007

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida students will be admitted free with their Gator 1 card to the Florida Museum of Natural History’s award-winning Butterfly Rainforest from 5 to 7:30 p.m. July 12.

This special “Butterfly Night” is part of Museum Nights, held most Thursday evenings following the UF academic calendar and co-sponsored by UF Student Government. Visitors can search for night-flying moths, talk with collections staff and view an array of butterflies. Admission to the Butterfly Rainforest on this evening is free to UF students only with their Gator 1 card. Last admission into the Rainforest is 7:30 p.m. and it will remain open until 8 p.m.

Other Florida Museum exhibits, including “Megalodon: Largest Shark that Ever Lived” will remain open until 10 p.m.

For more information visit www.flmnh.ufl.edu/education/museum_nights.htm or call 352-846-2000, ext. 246.

The Harn Museum of Art also will be open late July 12 and present special activities.