GREETINGSWelcome to the National Zoo Homepage, your ticketless trip to the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoological Park. You are invited to journey into this developing landscape and explore the expanding horizons of the Zoo. Your exploration will take you down familiar pathways and untraveled byways of information about the animals, plants, people and programs of the National Zoo. |
A NEW KIND OF ZOOThe Zoo was created in 1889 "for the advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the people." Today we are becoming a new kind of zoo, the BioPark. This vision of the modern zoo combines wildlife with the best of natural history museums, botanic gardens, aquaria, and even art galleries to illustrate the splendor of all living things. |