It’s the 10th anniversary of OktoBEARfest! Celebrate with unlimited fall-flavored beer sampling featuring 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 fundraiser. Don’t miss out! ... Event Details

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

Come celebrate Halloween and the fall season with the Zoo’s 39th annual Zoo BOO! festival. There will be games, prizes, contests, live entertainment, and free trick-or-treating! PLUS this year—honk, honk, toot, toot, a variety of BGE “electric” trucks will be “on exhibit” at our ... Event Details

Santa Claus is coming to town

Join us for yuletide cheer and celebration this holiday season! You’ll enjoy a breakfast or brunch buffet on the Zoo’s Mansion House Porch before settling in to create unique seasonal crafts. Then get ready to meet one of Santa’s feathered friends ... Event Details

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

This summer, travel through a prehistoric forest of roaring, rustling dinosaurs for a meal deep in the heart of the Zoo. Learn how these fascinating creatures moved, hunted, and reared their young in many of the same ways our animals do today as you enjoy breakfast among the world’s largest and ... Event Details

Come celebrate Halloween and the fall season with the Zoo’s 39th annual Zoo BOO! festival. There will be games, prizes, contests, live entertainment, and free trick-or-treating! PLUS this year—honk, honk, toot, toot, a variety of BGE “electric” trucks will be “on exhibit” at our ... Event Details

A brilliant seasonal spectacle is coming to the Zoo again this winter! Walk through a festival of lights shaped like wildlife and your face might just light up too. Plus, get that warm glowing feeling inside knowing you are supporting the Zoo’s animal care and conservation work. We’ve ... Event Details

Santa Claus is coming to town

Join us for yuletide cheer and celebration this holiday season! You’ll enjoy a breakfast or brunch buffet on the Zoo’s Mansion House Porch before settling in to create unique seasonal crafts. Then get ready to meet one of Santa’s feathered friends ... 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

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 drag brunch of your nightmares is here, with a few tricks but mostly treats. Ready yourself in your best costume for an afternoon on our historic Mansion porch. You’ll enjoy bottomless drinks and a buffet fit for a ghost with the most, as well as hilarious skits, high-energy burlesque ... Event Details

Tarantulas & Tequila

Creepy Crawlies

Tarantulas, scorpions, and centipedes…oh my! Please join us for an exciting night on the Mansion House porch, featuring up-close encounters with creepy crawlies from our friends at the Philadelphia Insectarium and Butterfly Pavilion, as well as delicious offerings ... Event Details

It’s the 10th anniversary of OktoBEARfest! Celebrate with unlimited fall-flavored beer sampling featuring 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 fundraiser. Don’t miss out! ... Event Details

Prehistoric Sip & Stroll

Enjoy an evening drinking among dinosaurs at the Zoo! You’ll visit our DINOSAURS exhibit, here for a limited time, and travel through a prehistoric forest of roaring, rustling dinosaurs deep in the heart of the Zoo where you’ll find local craft ... Event Details

A brilliant seasonal spectacle is coming to the Zoo again this winter! Walk through a festival of lights shaped like wildlife and your face might just light up too. Plus, get that warm glowing feeling inside knowing you are supporting the Zoo’s animal care and conservation work. We’ve ... 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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Snowy owls have been more frequent winter visitors to Maryland in the last few years. Learn what makes these birds from the Arctic tundra unique, and how the Zoo has helped with Project SNOWstorm to track their migrations.

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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.

*PLEASE NOTE: Due to animal care priorities, some scheduled activities may be delayed or canceled without notice. All keeper chats are weather ... Event Details

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

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Come celebrate Halloween and the fall season with the Zoo’s 39th annual Zoo BOO! festival. There will be games, prizes, contests, live entertainment, and free trick-or-treating! PLUS this year—honk, honk, toot, toot, a variety of BGE “electric” trucks will be “on exhibit” at our ... Event Details