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Butterfly Gardens

R06Era room · 1997

Butterfly

Gem: Citrine

A luminous room for objects connected to the era, with space for close photography and deeper research.

This evolving room distinguishes starter displays from verified collection records. Details will deepen as collector-supplied material is added.

Featured artifacts

Inside this era room

Cases ready for collector records

No owned objects have been documented in this room yet. Future records can include photography, edition details, provenance, condition, and curator notes.

Object types in this era

A flexible room plan

  1. Case 01Physical releasesPending
  2. Case 02Awards and certificatesPending
  3. Case 03Photography and pressPending
  4. Case 04Tour and promotional materialPending

Documentation to add

An evolving object record

  • Collector photography and dimensions
  • Acquisition date and source
  • Provenance and ownership notes
  • Condition, edition, and authentication records

Gallery

Documentary photographs and approved public posts, with captions, dates and credits. Later performances are identified by their actual year.

Open the Butterfly galleryJoin the Butterfly conversation
  • December 1998Singing for the crowd at Edwards Air Force Base in December 1998, during the filming of the “I Still Believe” video — not a Butterfly album shoot.Photograph by U.S. Air Force photo · Public domain

Screening window

Honey

1997 (alt: Butterfly)

Official music video · Honey · 1997 · Embedded from the rights holder. The Sanctuary does not host the file.

Loads the rights holder’s player from youtube-nocookie.com. Nothing plays until you press play.

Song
Honey
Year
1997
Alternate
Butterfly

R061997Citrine

Side door A short fiction. Not a record. Velvet Cage Garden Open the side door
Original illustrated Butterfly era scene
Butterfly era scene, drawn for this room’s game. Original artwork created for the Sanctuary's era games. Not a photograph and not album cover art.

Sanctuary Pocket Adventures

Play this era: Velvet Cage Garden

A golden garden where a warden keeps polishing a very beautiful cage.

A short two-to-four minute retro adventure made for this museum. Unofficial fan-made fantasy with original artwork, music and dialogue; the villains are invented caricatures, not real people. Sound is off until you switch it on.

Mariah MomentsMemories from the Butterfly eraFan stories from this era, mapped by approximate city — and a place to share your own.Social roomEnter the Butterfly social roomA curated collection of public Instagram posts and reels from this era.Collector's CenterFind Butterfly releases and merchandiseListings from named sources with dated price readings. Filter the catalogue by this era.Tours & ConcertsExplore the performance ledgerSourced tours, residencies and individual performance records.

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