Travel through a prehistoric forest of roaring, rustling dinosaurs deep in the heart of the Zoo. You’ll take a winding path through our Maryland Wilderness to experience up-close encounters with life-size, animatronic dinosaurs like velociraptors, triceratops, tyrannosaurus rex, and more, ... Event Details

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It’s the Zoo’s most popular series of events throughout the year: Constellation presents Breakfast with the Animals at the Maryland Zoo. This VIP experience lets guests get up close and personal with their favorite animals and the keepers who care for them.

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The Zoo offers a variety of different experiences daily to enhance your visit. Click below to see the full list of offerings.

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Travel through a prehistoric forest of roaring, rustling dinosaurs deep in the heart of the Zoo. You’ll take a winding path through our Maryland Wilderness to experience up-close encounters with life-size, animatronic dinosaurs like velociraptors, triceratops, tyrannosaurus rex, and more, ... Event Details

It’s the Zoo’s most popular series of events throughout the year: Constellation presents Breakfast with the Animals at the Maryland Zoo. This VIP experience lets guests get up close and personal with their favorite animals and the keepers who care for them.

The ... Event Details

Zoo After Dark

Ever wonder what happens at the Zoo after hours and the lights go out? Bring your friends, family, and flashlight for this guided tour of the Zoo as the sun goes down. Learn how to use your senses at night and how animals are adapted to life in the ... Event Details

Overnights at the zoo

The Zoo is where the wild things snore! Join us for an educational night under the stars in Main Valley or inside the Penguin Education Center. You can spend the night and enjoy the unique sights and sounds of the Zoo at night!

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Come celebrate Halloween and the fall season with the Zoo’s 39th annual ZooBOOO! festival. There will be games, prizes, contests, live entertainment, and FREE trick-or-treating!

It’s the Zoo’s most popular series of events throughout the year: Constellation presents Breakfast with the Animals at the Maryland Zoo. This VIP experience lets guests get up close and personal with their favorite animals and the keepers who care for them.

The ... Event Details

Fall-flavored beer sampling is coming back to the Zoo for the 10th year! Join us for OktoBEARfest 2022 featuring unlimited sampling of 50+ seasonal brews. Plus, enjoy live music, food, and fare from local vendors and artisans. It’s your chance to be part of this wildly popular fall festival! ... Event Details

Learn all about our colony of prairie dogs in Schaefer Plaza near the entrance of the Zoo! Join keepers for a chat and Q&A session about these wonderfully charismatic and busy rodents.

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A keeper chat at the recently renovated elephant habitat! You’ll learn all about the largest land animals in the world and have the chance to ask questions about our herd.

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Lions are truly wild cats that our keepers know better than anyone! Meet lioness Zuri and male Hassan, and ask their keepers all of your big cat questions.

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You’ll have to look up during this keeper chat because lemurs and monkeys could be running above your head! Learn all about our Colobus Trail that connects Chimpanzee Forest to Lemur Lane and the animals that traverse it.

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Learn all about the 15 chimps who call the Zoo home. Join keepers for an interactive chat and afternoon animal enrichment.

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Your chance to learn more about North American river otters and bobcats. Keepers will share species-specific info with guests about the Zoo’s two otters and two bobcats.

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Get to know the rhinos who hang out by the Watering Hole. Join keepers for an in-depth chat and Q&A session about our two male rhinos, J.P. and Jelani.

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Meet Vega, the Zoo’s bald eagle, and hear directly from the keepers who care for her. Plus, get all of your questions answered about these iconic birds.

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Act quickly to be a part of this keeper chat with the world’s fastest land mammal. Keepers will be ready with answers to your questions. Also, learn fascinating facts about the antelopes that live across the boardwalk.

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Did you know giraffe and okapi are close relatives? Get a chance to speak directly with keepers who care for both here at the Zoo.

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What lurks at the Zoo at twilight? Dinosaurs of course, and other animals too. Bring your friends, family, and flashlight for a sundown exploration of the ways dinos are like some of the Zoo animals.

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Zoo After Dark

Ever wonder what happens at the Zoo after hours and the lights go out? Bring your friends, family, and flashlight for this guided tour of the Zoo as the sun goes down. Learn how to use your senses at night and how animals are adapted to life in the ... Event Details

Overnights at the zoo

The Zoo is where the wild things snore! Join us for an educational night under the stars in Main Valley or inside the Penguin Education Center. You can spend the night and enjoy the unique sights and sounds of the Zoo at night!

Here’s what some Zoo Snooze ... Event Details

Wild About Animals!

Beautiful, mysterious, and rare, Panamanian golden frogs have been revered as good-luck tokens in their native country of Panama since pre-Columbian times. Now, they are critically endangered, and quite possibly extinct in the wild. Join us on August 13th to learn about the threats Panamanian ... Event Details

Wild About Animals!

What animal has the largest brains in the animal kingdom, live about as long as humans, and can weigh up to 15,000 lbs? Elephants, of course! Please join us on August 20th to learn about challenges that elephants face in the wild and what you can do to help the Earth’s largest land mammal! ... Event Details

Wild About Animals!

Beautiful, mysterious, and rare, Panamanian golden frogs have been revered as good-luck tokens in their native country of Panama since pre-Columbian times. Now, they are critically endangered, and quite possibly extinct in the wild. Join us on August 13th to learn about the threats Panamanian ... Event Details

Wild About Animals!

What animal has the largest brains in the animal kingdom, live about as long as humans, and can weigh up to 15,000 lbs? Elephants, of course! Please join us on August 20th to learn about challenges that elephants face in the wild and what you can do to help the Earth’s largest land mammal! ... Event Details

Wild About Animals!

Did you know that primates are the closest relative to humans? Join us on July 16th to learn all about chimpanzees! Engage with the keepers to see how important zoos are in protecting these endangered species, watch enrichment demos, and participate in primate-themed activities!

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Come celebrate Halloween and the fall season with the Zoo’s 39th annual ZooBOOO! festival. There will be games, prizes, contests, live entertainment, and FREE trick-or-treating!