Credit: Courtney Hunter Janney
One of the benefits of becoming a member of your local AZA-accredited zoo or aquarium is to gain free admission to any of the other AZA-accredited zoos and aquariums that participate in the AZA Reciprocal Admissions Program. Be sure to read the Reciprocal Admissions Program Rules before visiting participating institutions and note that some AZA-accredited zoos and aquariums already have free public admission.
Please note that AZA-accredited zoos and aquariums that do not participate in the AZA Reciprocal Program may have individual reciprocal agreements with other AZA-accredited zoos and aquariums. Contact your home zoo or aquarium to find out about the discount arrangements they offer.
Free Admission
Some AZA-accredited zoos offer free admission year-round. Here's a list.
Canada
Quebec / Granby
Granby Zoo
Mireille Forand
450-372-9113
Mexico
Guanajuato / Leon
Parque Zoologico de Leon
Richard Sheffield
52(477)790-4251
U.S.
Alabama
Birmingham
Birmingham Zoo
Barbara Waters
(205) 879-0409
Montgomery
Montgomery Zoo
Sarah McKemey
(334) 240-4930
Arizona
Tucson
The Reid Park Zoo
Myrla Flores
(520) 881-4753
Arkansas
Little Rock
Little Rock Zoo
Kelli Enz
(501) 661-7218
California
Atascadero
Charles Paddock Zoo
Becky Maxwell
(805) 461-5080 x2105
Eureka
Sequoia Park Zoo
Meagan Tatum
(707) 441-4263
Offering 10% discount in the gift shop.
Fresno
Fresno Chaffee Zoo
Christy Harvey
(559) 498-5921
San Jose
Happy Hollow Zoo
Danielle Bone-Hayslett
(408) 277-5788
Closed for Master Plan renovations until Fall 2009
San Mateo
Coyote Point Museum
Mary Beth Lorence
(650) 340-7591
San Pedro
Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
Cheryl Anderson-Butler
(310) 548-7562 Free to the public, offering 10% off in the gift shop.
Santa Ana
Santa Ana Zoo
Tom Decker
(714) 953-8555, ext. 16
Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara Zoo
Kimberly Roberson
(805) 962-5339
Connecticut
Bridgeport
Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo
Terri Williams
(203) 394-6574
Delaware
Wilmington
Brandywine Zoo
Nancy Falasco
(302) 571-7788, ext. 201
District of Columbia
Washington
Smithsonian National Zoological Park
Lynn Parent
(202) 633-3034
Free to the general public. Offering 10% off at all on-site gift shops.
Florida
Melbourne
Brevard Zoo
Cheri L. Purnell
(321) 254-9453, ext. 25
Sarasota
Mote Marine Aquarium
Lisa Abbott
(941) 388-4441, ext. 373
Georgia
Albany
Chehaw Wild Animal Park
Donna Timmons
(229) 430-430-5275
Hawaii
Honolulu
Honolulu Zoo
Leland F. Ching
(808) 926-3191 x13
Idaho
Boise
Zoo Boise
Elaine Gleaton
(208) 384-4125 ext. 200
Idaho Falls
Tautphaus Park Zoo
Laurie Gravatt
(208) 612-8421
Illinois
Bloomington
Miller Park Zoo
Katie Buydos
(309) 434-2250
Chicago
Lincoln Park Zoo
Kate Fridholm
(312) 742-2076
Free to the general public. Offering 10% discount on retail, food, education programs and ticketed public events.
Coal Valley
Niabi Zoo
Jennifer Ryan
(309) 799-3482
Peoria
Peoria Zoo in Glen Oak Park
Yvonne Strode
(309) 686-3365
Springfield
Henson Robinson Zoo
Talon Thornton
(217) 753-6217
Wheaton
Cosley Zoo
Molly Holman
(630) 665-5534
Free to the general public. Offering 25% off in the gift shop.
Indiana
Evansville
Mesker Park Zoo and Botanic Garden
Angela Schu
(812) 435-6143, ext. 407
South Bend
Potawatomi Zoo
Danielle McCausland
(574) 288-4639
Iowa
Des Moines
Blank Park Zoo
Ryan Bickel
(515) 323-8327
Kansas
Emporia
David Traylor Zoo of Emporia
Lori Heavener
(620) 341-4365
Free to the general public. Offering 25% discount on all merchandise.
Garden City
Lee Richardson Zoo
Christine Siebert
(620) 276-6243
Free to the general public. Offering 10% discount in the gift shop and free drive through.
Hutchinson
Hutchinson Zoo
Charlotte Poepperling
(620) 694-2672
Free to the general public. Offering 20% discount in the gift shop.
Manhattan
Sunset Zoo
Tammy L. Jones
(785) 587-2737
Topeka
Topeka Zoological Park
Mike Coker
(785) 368-9180
Kentucky
Louisville
Louisville Zoological Garden
Patty Raggard
(502) 459-2287
Louisiana
Alexandria
Alexandria Zoo
Ashley Blais
(318) 441-6814
Baton Rouge
BREC's Baton Rouge Zoo
Jennipher Fullerton
(225) 775-3877 x212
Maryland
Baltimore
The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore
Hannah Corriveau
(443) 552-5281
Salisbury
Salisbury Zoo
Mary Seemann
(410) 860-6880
Free to the general public. Offering 25% off in the gift shop.
Massachusetts
Attleboro
Capron Park Zoo
Melanie Stoehrer
(774) 203-1840
Boston
Franklin Park Zoo (Zoo New England)
Victoria Bram
(617) 989-2076
Boston
Museum of Science
Membership Department
(617) 589-0180
New Bedford
Buttonwood Park Zoo
Irene Avilla
(508) 991-4556 x10
Stoneham
Stone Zoo (Zoo New England)
Victoria Bram
(617) 989-2076
Michigan
Grand Rapids
John Ball Zoological Gardens
Laura Macka
(616) 336-3309
Lansing
Potter Park Zoo
Gerry Brady
(517) 230-6555
Minnesota
Apple Valley
Minnesota Zoo
Pamela Wuchko
(952) 431-9304
St. Paul
Como Park Zoo
Cheryl Kohout
(651) 487-8229
Free to the general public. Offering 15% discount in the gift shop.
Mississippi
Jackson
Jackson Zoological Park
Jessica Lewis
(601) 352-2580 x226
Missouri
Eureka
Wild Canid Survival and Research Center
Michele Wallace
(636) 938-5900
An AZA Certified Related Facility--reservations for tours must be made two weeks in advance.
Saint Louis
Saint Louis Zoo
Georgia Hayden
(314) 781-0900, ext. 484
Free to the general public. Offering 50% discount on Safari Pass and more!
Springfield
Dickerson Park Zoo
Melinda Arnold
(417) 833-1570
Montana
Billings
Zoo Montana
Jackie Worstell
(406) 652-8100
Nebraska
Lincoln
Lincoln Children's Zoo
Myrna Liebig
(402) 475-6741
Scottsbluff
Riverside Zoo
Lisa Gibbons
(308) 632-2971
New Hampshire
Holderness
Squam Lakes Natural Science Center
Janet Robertson
(603) 968-7194
New Jersey
Cape May Court House
Cape May County Park and Zoo
Hubert Paluch, DVM
(609) 465-5271
Free to the general public. Offering 10% discount at Gift Shop.
Paramus
Bergen County Zoological Park
Tim Gunther
(201) 262-3771, ext. 113
West Orange
Turtle Back Zoo
Jeremy Goodman
(973) 731-5800 x225
New Mexico
Alamogordo
Alameda Park Zoo
Kathy Chase
(505) 439-4290
Carlsbad
Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park
Sandra Cosand
(505) 887-5516
New York
Buffalo
Buffalo Zoo
Denise M. Moll
(716) 995-6131
Millbrook
Trevor Zoo
Jonathan Meigs
(845) 677-3704
Rochester
Seneca Park Zoo
Karen Panosian
(585) 336-7212
Staten Island
Staten Island Zoo
Vivian Fox
(718) 442-3101
Syracuse
Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park
Lorrie Murray
(315) 435-8511
North Carolina
Asheboro
North Carolina Zoological Park
Tonya Miller
(336) 879-7258
Asheville
Western North Carolina Nature Center
Sarah Oram
(828) 298-5600, ext. 308
Atlantic Beach
North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores
Sandra Zeckowski
(919)877-5500 x229 or 1-800-832-FISH
Kure Beach
North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher
Sandra Zeckowski
(919)877-5500 x229 or 1-800-832-FISH
Manteo
North Carolina Aquarium at Roanoke Island
Sandra Zeckowski
(919)877-5500 x229 or 1-800-832-FISH
North Dakota
Bismarck
Dakota Zoo
Terry Lincoln
(701) 223-7543
Fargo
Red River Zoo
Paula Grimestad
(701) 277-9240
Minot
Roosevelt Park Zoo
Jamie Swenson
(701) 857-4166
Ohio
Akron
Akron Zoological Park
Ally Goldsmith
(330) 375-2550
Cleveland
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Linda Stokowski
(216) 661-6500, ext. 3355
Dayton
Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
Jan Franklin
(937) 275-7431
Toledo
The Toledo Zoo
Tana M. Benford
(419) 385-5721
Oregon
Portland
Oregon Zoo
Bianca F. McCarthy
(503) 220-5740
Pennsylvania
Erie
Erie Zoological Society
Lisa Estes
(814) 864-4091
Hershey
ZOOAMERICA - North American Wildlife Park
Dee Nixon
(717) 534-3123
Pittsburgh
National Aviary
Kelly M. Blais
(412) 323-7235, ext. 235
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
Lori Elder
(412) 365-2534
Schnecksville
Lehigh Valley Zoo
Development Coordinator
(610) 799-4171
Rhode Island
Providence
Roger Williams Park Zoo
Kathleen Orlando
(401) 941-3910, ext. 375
South Carolina
Columbia
Riverbanks Zoo and Garden
Monique Jacobs
(803) 779-8717, ext. 1240
Greenville
Greenville Zoo
Jan Griffin
(864) 467-4300
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
Great Plains Zoo and Delbridge Museum of Natural History
Jamie Schmidt
(605) 367-7003
Watertown
Bramble Park Zoo
Kim Konrad
(605) 882-6269
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Chattanooga Zoo at Warner Park
Katie Smith
(423) 697-1339
Knoxville
Knoxville Zoological Gardens
Valerie Hurley
(865) 637-5331
Nashville
Nashville Zoo
Lori Pace
(615) 833-1534
Texas
Abilene
Abilene Zoological Gardens
Sheri Thomason
(325) 676-6085
Brownsville
Gladys Porter Zoo
Renata Lara-Ali
(956) 546-7187, ext. 310
Dallas
Dallas Zoo and the Dallas Aquarium
Karen Miles
(214) 943-2771, ext. 310
Houston
Houston Zoo
Kathy Burniston
(713) 533-6726
Lufkin
Ellen Trout Zoo
Elvia Hernandez
(936) 633-0399
Victoria
The Texas Zoo
Dori Wedemeier
(361) 573-7681
Waco
Cameron Park Zoo
Diane Jordan
(254) 750-8424
Virginia
Norfolk
Virginia Zoo
Lori Cummings
(757) 441-2374, ext. 242
Washington
Seattle
Woodland Park Zoo
Annie McCaffrey
(206) 548-2425
Wisconsin
Baraboo
International Crane Foundation
Kimberly Dachel
(608) 356-9462, ext. 143
Green Bay
NEW Zoo
Kara Rentmeester
(920) 434-7841 x103
Madison
Henry Vilas Zoo
Ann Detienne (608) 258-9490 Free to the public, offering 10% off in the gift shop.
Milwaukee
Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens
Shari Framnes
(414) 258-2333
Racine
Racine Zoological Gardens
Bethany Bauer
(262) 636-9189