if you take your time l you will learn a lot about life and history of Brazilian medicine and research. The place is old but well preserved. It is place of wonder and admiration for the snakes and other not too friendly animals on display. Advice: ask a lot of questions

Butantan is a great institute. The visit is perfect for kids and those who love animals like me. There are several snake and other venous species and lots of information about the production of antidotes. It is also a beautiful place to spend a sunny day.

Take your kids for a picnic and then to check out the snakes at the Institute. They will enjoy a good day there. On weekends there are people riding their bikes, children running around and playing ball.

More snakes all of them beautiul. I never thought of snakes in a positive way until I had visited

The former farm Butantan Institute provides to peoples of all ages a very interesting tour to the snakes kingdom and others animals,with an historical museum and the other one displaying several specimens of alive snakes,spyders and scorpions from Brazil and from several parts of the world,including the possible handle of non poisonuos snakes and another ones and the exhibinting of... More

If you like snakes, scorpions and spiders, that's your place to be! Butanta Institute is the maker of the Antivenom for snakes bites in Brazil.

It is a unique place to earn about reptiles. This centenary institution have a large live and not alive exhibition of reptiles, mainly snakes and spiders. At the museum you may see demonstrations about snake attract and capture

The somewhat hard to find Butanta Institute is one of the most renowed scientific research centers in Brazil and in the world. The Museum was founded by Vital Brasil, a Brazilian physician, biomedical scientist and immunologist, internationally renowned for the discovery of the polyvalent anti-snakes serums that still today saves lots of lifes. A lot of the world research on... More

I went to Butanta with my three children after many years and was not disappointed. The place is beautiful and very organized (it's in the middle of a park within the city). They have a wide range of animals (snakes, lizards, spiders, frogs), very well exposed and with plenty of useful information. It would be good if they had more... More