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The Zoo is
CLOSED
for the winter season.
Visit us when we reopen April 24, 2010.

Thanks for being a Zoo Member!

Your Fort Wayne Zoological Society Membership is a great value at home and when you travel!  Use your Membership Card to receive 50% off admission to more than 150 zoos throughout North America.

Show your Membership Card and a valid picture ID to receive the reduced admission rate when you visit participating zoos.

Please note:

  • Every zoo varies in how it will honor your membership, and zoos can change their admission policies at any time.  Some zoos limit the number of family members admitted at the discounted rate.  If you are planning to visit one of the zoos or aquariums listed below, please contact that facility in advance to verify their admission policy for members of the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo.
  • Some zoos are closed for part of the year.
  • Many zoos offer discounts on gift shop purchases, parking, or concessions.  Be sure to ask.
  • Carry your Fort Wayne Zoological Society Membership Card whenever you travel.
  • If you have additional questions, please call our Membership Coordinator at
    260-427-6827.

Participating Zoos

These zoos offer 50% off admission to Fort Wayne Zoological Society Members.  The Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo offers 50% off admission to members of these institutions.

Alabama
Birmingham Zoo
Montgomery Zoo

Arizona
Phoenix Zoo
Reid Park Zoo, Tucson

Arkansas
Little Rock Zoo

California
Aquarium of the Bay, San Francisco
Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, San Pedro
Fresno Chaffee Zoo
Charles Paddock Zoo, Atascadero
Coyote Point Museum, San Mateo
Happy Hollow Zoo, San Jose
The Living Desert Zoo, Palm Desert
Los Angeles Zoo
Oakland Zoo
Sacramento Zoo
San Francisco Zoo
Santa Ana Zoo
Santa Barbara Zoo

Colorado
Pueblo Zoo

Connecticut
Beardsley Zoo, Bridgeport

Delaware
Brandywine Zoo, Wilmington

Florida
Brevard Zoo, Melbourne
Central Florida Zoo, Lake Monroe
Jacksonville Zoo
Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa
Miami Metrozoo
Mote Marine Aquarium, Sarasota
Palm Beach Zoo, West Palm Beach

Georgia
Cheehaw Wild Animal Park, Albany
Zoo Atlanta

Hawaii
Honolulu Zoo

Idaho
Tautphaus Park Zoo, Idaho Falls
Zoo Boise

Illinois
Henson Robinson Zoo, Springfield
Miller Park Zoo, Bloomington
Niabi Zoo, Coal Valley
Peoria Zoo
Scovill Zoo, Decatur

Indiana
Mesker Park Zoo, Evansville
Potawatomi Zoo, South Bend

Iowa
Blank Park Zoo, Des Moines

Kansas
Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure, Salina
Sedgwick County Zoo, Wichita
Sunset Zoo, Manhattan
Topeka Zoo

Kentucky
Louisville Zoo

Louisiana
Alexandria Zoological Park
BREC's Baton Rouge Zoo

Maryland
Maryland Zoo, Baltimore

Massachusetts
Buttonwood Park Zoo, New Bedford
Capron Park Zoo, Attleboro
Zoo New England:
     Franklin Park Zoo, Dorchester
     Stone Zoo, Stoneham
Museum of Science, Boston

Michigan
Binder Park Zoo, Battle Creek
Detroit Zoo
John Ball Zoo, Grand Rapids
Potter Park Zoo, Lansing

Minnesota
Minnesota Zoo, Apple Valley

Mississippi
Jackson Zoo

Missouri
Dickerson Park Zoo, Springfield
Kansas City Zoo
Wild Canid Survival & Research Center, Eureka

Montana
ZooMontana, Billings

Nebraska
Lincoln Children’s Zoo
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo
Riverside Zoo, Scottsbluff

New Hampshire
Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Holderness

New Jersey
Bergen County Zoo, Paramus
Turtle Back Zoo, West Orange

New Mexico
Alameda Park Zoo, Alamogordo
Albuquerque Biological Park
Living Desert Zoo, Carlsbad

New York
Buffalo Zoo
Rosamond Gifford Zoo, Syracuse
Seneca Park Zoo, Rochester
Staten Island Zoo
Trevor Zoo, Millbrook

North Carolina
North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher,
    Kure Beach
NC Aquarium of Pine Knoll Shores, Atlantic Beach
North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island, Manteo
North Carolina Zoo, Asheboro
Western North Carolina Nature Center,
    Asheville

North Dakota
Chahinkapa Zoo, Wahpeton
Dakota Zoo, Bismarck
Red River Zoo, Fargo
Roosevelt Park Zoo, Minot

Ohio
African Safari Wildlife Park,
    Port Clinton
Akron Zoo
Boonshoft Museum of Discovery,
    Dayton
Cincinnati Zoo
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Columbus Zoo
Toledo Zoo
The Wilds, Cumberland

Oklahoma
Oklahoma City Zoo
Tulsa Zoo and Living Museum

Oregon
Wildlife Safari, Winston

Pennsylvania
Elmwood Park Zoo, Norristown
Erie Zoo
Lehigh Valley Zoo, Schnecksville
National Aviary, Pittsburgh
Philadelphia Zoo
Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium
ZOOAMERICA, Hershey

South Carolina
Greenville Zoo

South Dakota
Bramble Park Zoo, Watertown
Great Plains Zoo & Delbridge Museum of Natural History, Sioux Falls

Tennessee
Chattanooga Zoo
Knoxville Zoo
Memphis Zoo
Nashville Zoo

Texas
Abilene Zoo
Caldwell Zoo, Tyler
Cameron Park Zoo, Waco
Dallas Zoo & Aquarium
El Paso Zoo
Ellen Trout Zoo, Lufkin
Gladys Porter Zoo, Brownsville
Houston Zoo
San Antonio Zoo
Texas State Aquarium, Corpus Christi
Texas Zoo, Victoria

Utah
Hogle Zoo, Salt Lake City

Virginia
Mill Mountain Zoo, Roanoke
Virginia Zoo, Norfolk

Washington
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium,
 Tacoma
Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle

West Virginia
Oglebay’s Good Zoo, Wheeling

Wisconsin
International Crane Foundation,
    Baraboo
Milwaukee County Zoo
The NEW Zoo, Green Bay
Racine Zoo

Canada
Granby Zoo, Quebec
Toronto Zoo

Publicly-Supported Zoos That Never Charge Admission

As a courtesy, "free" zoos that never charge admission to the public are listed below.  You do not need to present your Membership Card for free admission to these zoos.  The Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo does not offer free reciprocal admission to members of these institutions.

Sequoia Park Zoo, Eureka, California
Cosley Zoo, Wheaton, Illinois
Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, Illinois
Emporia Zoo, Emporia, Kansas
Hutchinson Zoo, Hutchinson, Kansas
Lee Richardson Zoo, Garden City, Kansas
Salisbury Zoo, Maryland
Como Park Zoo, St. Paul, Minnesota
St. Louis Zoo, Missouri
Cape May County Park & Zoo, New Jersey
National Zoo, Washington, D.C.
Henry Vilas Zoo, Madison, Wisconsin