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Philadelphia Zoo

3400 W Girard Ave, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 USA

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“America's first zoo!”

The Philadelphia Zoo’s 42-acre Victorian garden is home to more than 1,300 animals, many of them rare and endangered. By connecting people with wildlife, the Philadelphia Zoo creates joyful discovery and inspires action for animals and habitats. Cheetahs, hippos, giraffes and much more make the Zoo Philadelphia's leading family attraction with over 1.2 million visitors last year. Like many other Philadelphia landmarks and institutions, the Philadelphia Zoo is an American first. The charter establishing the Zoological Society of Philadelphia was approved and signed on March 21, 1859. Due to the Civil War, however, it was another 15 years before America's first zoo was ready to open. The Zoo opened its gates on July 1, 1874. The Frank Furness Victorian gates and gatehouses, and the Zoo's location, are the same today as they were on the day it opened. One of its assets, then and now, is John Penn's home, The Solitude, which sat on the land chosen for the Zoo. John Penn was the grandson of William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania. The Solitude is considered to be Philadelphia's most precise and elegant expression of neoclassical style. In its first year of operation, the Philadelphia Zoo had 813 animals and received well over 228,000 visitors. Today, the Zoo has more than 1,300 rare and endangered animals, and its attendance is approximately 1.2 million visitors a year.

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Lauren M.

Wow! We had such a fun visit! I thought it was going to be crowded over the winter break week, but it felt like barely anyone was there. There were lots of indoor areas to check out so if it's a... Read more

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Mark D.

We went to the Philadelphia Zoo to check out the LumiNature exhibit for Christmas. We never got to do it last year and really looked forward to checking it out this year. Mind you We went 2 days... Read more

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Leah M.

The Philadelphia zoo is still a premier place to visit in the entire world. Yes, I said the entire world. When I travel, I make sure to visit a local zoo and outside of San Diego and Guatemala... Read more

Philadelphia Zoo

3400 W Girard Ave
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
19104 USA
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  • Sun - Tue, Thu - Sat: 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
  • Wed: 9:30 am - 3:00 pm

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