EARLY CLOSURE
The zoo will close early at 1:00 p.m. on July 17, 2025, and will be closed on July 18, 2025 for a private event.

TODAY AT THE ZOO

Daily activities offered through September 2, 2025

Activities are free with zoo admission except as noted.
Subject to cancellation depending on the cooperation of weather and animals.

Animal Keeper Talks

10:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Daily, Times Vary

 

Animal keepers provide exceptional care to all the animals at the zoo, making sure they have everything they need to be healthy and happy. Hear great stories about the individual animals that call Woodland Park Zoo home.

All programs are subject to cancellation due to weather or animal availability.


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Sundays

Mondays

Tuesdays

Wednesdays

Thursdays

Fridays

Saturdays

Daily Experiences

*denotes fee-based activity

 

 

Interactive Zoo Map

Use our new interactive map for up to to date information during your visit. Thank you for going digital and reducing paper waste! No download required.

View Interactive Map

 

 

Ride the Historic Carousel*

10:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Daily
*Cost: $3 a ride (cash or card) in addition to zoo admission

Enjoy rides on Woodland Park Zoo’s Historic Carousel with classic, hand-carved wooden carousel horses.

Riders that are not 42 inches or taller need an adult to hold them for safety. Adults can only hold one rider at a time. Adults can ride with two children under 42 inches if one of the children is carried in a child carrier that allows both the adult’s hands to be free, or they can all sit together in one of the chariots. Either way the adult holder rides for free.

**The Historic Carousel will close early at 3:00 p.m. on days with a ZooTunes concert.


 

Dinosaur Discovery*

Habitat Discovery Loop

10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Daily
*Cost: In addition to zoo admission $10; members $8; $20 unlimited visits for members.

Travel back to a time when prehistoric giants roamed Earth. Experience the wonder of more than 25 life-sized dinosaurs at Woodland Park Zoo’s completely immersive Dinosaur Discovery.

Learn more and buy tickets


 

Zoomersion - Virtual Reality Experience*

Located north of the Historic Carousel

10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Daily
*Cost: In addition to zoo admission $10; members $8.

Zoomersion is Immotion's wildlife immersive film experience, “The Great Migration,” an epic, wildlife journey and spectacle.

Buy Tickets

*Minimum height recommendation: 40”

Complete Your Day

 

Animal Encounters

Meet our amazing animals!

Daily Programs

View the daily program schedule

Youth Programs

Programs designed for younger audiences

Our Mission

Woodland Park Zoo saves wildlife and inspires everyone to make conservation a priority in their lives.

Land Acknowledgment

Woodland Park Zoo recognizes that these are the lands of the Tribal signatories of the Treaty of Point Elliott. We acknowledge their stewardship of this place continues to this day and that it is our responsibility to join them to restore the relationship with the living world around us.


5500 Phinney Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98103   |  206.548.2500  |   zooinfo@zoo.org


Association of Zoos & Aquariums
Seattle Parks & Recreation
Humane Certification