On both days of the event, visitors to the museum will be able to see the exhibition of children's drawings from the competition "The Magic World of Butterflies - Metamorphosis", which was held in March in quarantine.

The Butterflies Festival includes a series of events showing the diversity of one of the most beautiful groups of animals in nature - their flight, journey, transformation, and beauty, developing thus a new instrument for knowledge and audiences.
In the last 2 years, the Plovdiv Regional Museum of Natural History has built the only Tropic Hall in Bulgaria with a collection of live butterflies, where visitors can see, meet and experience a huge variety of butterflies from different parts of the world.
The project idea The Butterflies Festival aims to expand the educational, informational, and visual part of the Hall "Tropic" by organizing an open-air and digital festival. The festival includes workshops with quizzes and educational games, organization of Pavilions "Metamorphosis", photo exhibition, Publication of Atlas of the Butterflies etc.
The project raises awareness, knowledge, and experiences with the nature that surrounds us, offering a new event for the cultural scene of Plovdiv and the region, developing a new tool and audiences to touch and relax wildlife, as well as increase their knowledge about it.
The activities will take place each day from 3rd till the 6th from 10 am till 6 pm in and around the Natural History Museum.

Project idea of ​​the Regional Museum of Natural History Plovdiv, part of the Legacy programme of Plovdiv - European Capital of Culture 2019.

Programme:
18/09/2020 (Friday)
11:00 - 16:30 - Observation of a butterfly wing under a microscope
11:00 - 14:00 - Drawing children's faces on the theme "Butterfly extravaganza"
11: 00-14:00 - Atelier for coloring, arranging puzzles and making butterfly souvenirs
14: 00-15:00 - Presentation on the life of butterflies, a quiz with prizes and the premiere of the first episode of "Quail Daily" - "Land of Butterflies"
15: 00-16:30 - Butterfly workshop "Prepare yourself!"

19.09.2020 (Saturday)
11:00 - 16:00 - Observation of a butterfly wing under a microscope
11:00 - 14:00 - Drawing children's faces on the theme "Butterfly extravaganza"
11: 00-14:00 - Atelier for coloring, arranging puzzles and making butterfly souvenirs
14: 00-15:00 - Presentation on the life of butterflies, a quiz with prizes and the premiere of the first episode of "Quail Daily" - "Land of Butterflies"
15: 00-16:30 Butterfly Workshop "Prepare Yourself"

Other info here.