Audubon Insectarium

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|location = New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

|date_opened = June 13, 2008

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The Audubon Insectarium is an insectarium and entomology museum in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. As part of its move from its previous location at the U.S. Custom House Federal Building to the site of the Audubon Aquarium, the museum reopened on June 8, 2023.

The Insectarium opened on June 13, 2008.{{cite web

|url=http://blog.nola.com/entertainment/2008/06/audubon_insectarium_to_open_ne.html

|title=Audubon Insectarium to open next Friday

|first=Keith I.

|last=Marszalek

|work=nola.com

|publisher=New Orleans Net, LLC

|date=June 4, 2008

|accessdate=June 30, 2012

}} In 2009, it was awarded the Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement in a Science Center.{{Cite web|url=http://themeit.com/thea_15annual/articles/Nature.pdf |title=Engaging with Nature - Insectarium at the Audubon Nature Institute |publisher=Themed Entertainment Association |page=12 |accessdate=June 30, 2012 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101221024410/http://themeit.com/thea_15annual/articles/Nature.pdf|archivedate=December 21, 2010}}

Part of the Audubon Nature Institute complex, it was located on the first floor of the U.S. Custom House Federal Building. With more than 50 live exhibits and numerous multimedia elements, the {{convert|23000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} facility was the largest free-standing American museum dedicated to insects.

In September 2020, the Audubon Nature Institute announced the temporary closure of the Insectarium, owing to revenue shortages caused by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Some of the Insectarium's exhibits will be relocated to space within the Aquarium.{{cite web|first=Jerry|last=DiColo|date=September 5, 2020|url=https://www.nola.com/news/article_e915dc52-ef0a-11ea-bcad-8357e9284d89.html|title=Crippled by tourism drop, Audubon to shutter Insectarium; eyes move of exhibits to Aquarium|location=New Orleans, Louisiana|publisher=NOLA.com {{subscription required}}|access-date=April 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210328093555/https://www.nola.com/news/article_e915dc52-ef0a-11ea-bcad-8357e9284d89.html|archive-date=March 28, 2021|url-status=live}}