Audubon Nature Institute Museums Admission

Visit: Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, 1 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70130-1152

Choose from the following options for your visit to Audubon Nature Institute’s family of museums. Choose just one attraction to visit, or save with combination packages to two or more attractions.

The Audubon Complete Experience is a ticket that includes one low price for admission to four attractions, good for 30 days from first use. Admission is valid for Audubon Zoo, Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, Entergy Giant Screen Theater and Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium.

Audubon Aquarium:

Dive into the underwater world at the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, located on the banks of the Mississippi River next to the French Quarter. Giggle at the antics of the aquarium’s two species of penguins as you watch them waddle around, or gobble up food during morning or afternoon feedings. Walk through a tunnel where the colorful fish of a Caribbean reef flit around you. Then see the Gulf of Mexico exhibit’s 400,000 gallon tank with sharks, rays and a tarpon, a fish that can measure up to eight feet (2.5m) long! Keep an eye out for sea turtles, many of them are being rehabilitated for release back into the wild as part of the aquarium’s conservation programs.

Your aquarium experience includes one nature documentary movie at Entergy Giant Screen Theater, the largest screen in the Gulf South. Enjoy the wonders of nature through a variety of 3D giant screen features, including a 4k digital projection system and state of the art Dolby Atmos multidimensional sound. Valid on same day as aquarium visit.

Duration: 3 hours

Visit: Entergy Giant Screen Theater, 1 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70130-1152

Your aquarium experience includes one nature documentary movie at Entergy Giant Screen Theater, the largest screen in the Gulf South. Enjoy the wonders of nature through a variety of 3D giant screen features, including a 4k digital projection system and state of the art Dolby Atmos multidimensional sound. Valid on same day as aquarium visit.

Duration: 2 hours

Visit: Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium, 423 Canal St US Custom House, New Orleans, LA 70130-2329

On Canal Street, head into North America’s biggest museum devoted to insects and their relatives at Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium. Shrink to bug size for an interactive experience where you see the world from a bug's perspective. Or enjoy a tranquil Japanese garden where hundreds of butterflies flutter around you, perhaps even landing on your shirt! Budding entomologists can venture into Field Camp, where you identify and classify tropical insects during interactive games in a simulated jungle. Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium was New Orleans’ first major new attraction to open after Hurricane Katrina. Operating hours are 10am-5pm with the last entry permitted at 4:30pm.


Duration: 3 hours

Visit: Audubon Zoo, 6500 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70118-4848

Considered one of the best zoos in the country, Audubon Zoo features a variety of exhibits with local and exotic animals. Delve into Cajun culture at the acclaimed Louisiana Swamp Exhibit, which explores how interactions between the Cajun people and swamp wildlife shaped Louisiana’s distinct culture. Feed a giraffe and check out monkeys and zebras at the African Savanna exhibit. At the Asian Domain you can visit the elephants, sun bears, white tiger, and a growing family of babirusas (a wild pig native to Indonesia). Check the schedule to find out when the animals are munching on meals during daily feedings. The zoo is located in historic district of Uptown New Orleans.

Duration: 3 hours

Visit: Audubon Louisiana Nature Center, 11000 Lake Forest Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70127-2816

Audubon Louisiana Nature Center is a cherished community resource. Located adjacent to Joe Brown Park in New Orleans East on 86 acres of hardwood bottomland forest, its creation was a project of the Junior League of Greater New Orleans, opening March 23, 1980.

In 2005, Hurricane Katrina flooded the Nature Center grounds, essentially destroying the facility but Audubon moved forward with the rebuilding process. Now the next chapter begins for the Nature Center, and we are excited to announce that it has reopened with modern buildings, beautiful nature trails and new programs celebrating the wonders of nature.

Duration: 3 hours