Montgomery Zoo Weekend
Event Description:
Join us for the 46th Annual Zoo Weekend at the Montgomery Zoo, Saturday and Sunday, March 26-27, 9am - 6pm daily (last admission at 5pm). Grab your friends and family, and join us for this annual zoo spring fundraiser as the Montgomery Zoo is transformed into a festive, carnival-like environment with two stages of live entertainment featuring local and regional bands, games, rides, bouncy houses, big inflatable slides, petting zoo, animal encounters, karate demos, school choirs, dance troops, MFD Smoke House, MPD and Montgomery County Sheriff’s K-9 Unit presentation, live animal presentations, a vast assortment of delicious concessions, and a time outdoors viewing and enjoying wildlife from around the world.
The Montgomery Zoo and Mann Wildlife Learning Museum is a 42-acre zoological facility located minutes from the heart of historic, downtown Montgomery. The Montgomery Zoo features five continental realms displaying a variety of exotic animals native to Africa, Asia, Australia, North America, and South America. A trademark addition of the Zoo is the Mann Wildlife Learning Museum, housing the one of the Southeast’s largest collections of preserved North American wildlife, artifacts, and fossils. The Zoo also features a fresh and saltwater exhibit, Waters of the World, exhibiting aquatic wildlife encompassing the globe. Learn more and have a personal wildlife experience at our giraffe encounter, parakeet cove, lion training sessions, elephant keeper talks, and petting zoo. Take a step on the wild side while enjoying a sky lift adventure ride, train ride, rock climbing wall, twin spin, and big inflatable slides.
Enjoy these many activities, fantastic food and have fun together at an affordable price during Zoo Weekend at the Montgomery Zoo. It is also an excellent opportunity to take advantage of discounted annual memberships. All event proceeds from this event will be contributed to the construction of a new Reptile Facility with its feature animals being the critically endangered, Gharial, an Indian crocodile, King Cobra, Komodo Dragon, and Galapagos Giant Tortoise.
Save on discounted Zoo memberships: Save $10 on our annual membership fees. Discounted memberships are available March 21 - April 4, 2022. Guests may purchase discounted memberships online at montgomeryzoo.com.
Event sponsors: Cumulus Broadcasting (Mix 103.3, Fox 95.1, WLWI 92.3 and Y-102), WCOV FOX 20, Coca Cola Montgomery, Costco Warehouse, Mayor Steven L Reed, Montgomery City Council, City of Montgomery, and the Montgomery Area Zoological Society.
For the most up-to-date information, please visit montgomeryzoo.com.
Zoo Weekend operating hours: 9am - 6pm, with last admission (entry) at 5pm.
Zoo Weekend admission: Adults $18, Children (3-12 years) $14, Toddlers (2 years and under) and Montgomery Zoo members FREE.
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The Montgomery Zoo Animal Care team is proud to announce the birth of a male pygmy hippopotamus calf. The calf was born on February 3, 2022 at the Montgomery Zoo. Mother (Asali) and calf (Hardari) will make their public debut on Thursday, March 24, just a few days before one of the Zoo’s biggest fundraisers of the year, Zoo Weekend. Asali and Hardari reside in a special exhibit, a birthing and after-care suite especially designed for hippo mothers and their offspring. The exhibit is located in the Zoo’s South American realm, near Monkey Island. All public, guests, and media ae invited to join us for Hardari’s public debut on Thursday, March 24 @ 10am.
The Montgomery Zoo and Mann Wildlife Learning Museum is a 42-acre zoological facility located minutes from the heart of historic, downtown Montgomery. The Montgomery Zoo features five continental realms displaying a variety of exotic animals native to Africa, Asia, Australia, North America, and South America. A trademark addition of the Zoo is the Mann Wildlife Learning Museum, housing the one of the Southeast’s largest collections of preserved North American wildlife, artifacts, and fossils. The Zoo also features a fresh and saltwater exhibit, Waters of the World, exhibiting aquatic wildlife encompassing the globe. Learn more and have a personal wildlife experience at our giraffe encounter, parakeet cove, lion training sessions, elephant keeper talks, and petting zoo. Take a step on the wild side while enjoying a sky lift adventure ride, train ride, rock climbing wall, twin spin, and big inflatable slides.
Enjoy these many activities, fantastic food and have fun together at an affordable price during Zoo Weekend at the Montgomery Zoo. It is also an excellent opportunity to take advantage of discounted annual memberships. All event proceeds from this event will be contributed to the construction of a new Reptile Facility with its feature animals being the critically endangered, Gharial, an Indian crocodile, King Cobra, Komodo Dragon, and Galapagos Giant Tortoise.
Save on discounted Zoo memberships: Save $10 on our annual membership fees. Discounted memberships are available March 21 - April 4, 2022. Guests may purchase discounted memberships online at montgomeryzoo.com.
Event sponsors: Cumulus Broadcasting (Mix 103.3, Fox 95.1, WLWI 92.3 and Y-102), WCOV FOX 20, Coca Cola Montgomery, Costco Warehouse, Mayor Steven L Reed, Montgomery City Council, City of Montgomery, and the Montgomery Area Zoological Society.
For the most up-to-date information, please visit montgomeryzoo.com.
Zoo Weekend operating hours: 9am - 6pm, with last admission (entry) at 5pm.
Zoo Weekend admission: Adults $18, Children (3-12 years) $14, Toddlers (2 years and under) and Montgomery Zoo members FREE.
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The Montgomery Zoo Animal Care team is proud to announce the birth of a male pygmy hippopotamus calf. The calf was born on February 3, 2022 at the Montgomery Zoo. Mother (Asali) and calf (Hardari) will make their public debut on Thursday, March 24, just a few days before one of the Zoo’s biggest fundraisers of the year, Zoo Weekend. Asali and Hardari reside in a special exhibit, a birthing and after-care suite especially designed for hippo mothers and their offspring. The exhibit is located in the Zoo’s South American realm, near Monkey Island. All public, guests, and media ae invited to join us for Hardari’s public debut on Thursday, March 24 @ 10am.
