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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 gain free or discounted admission to more than 150 zoos throughout North America.

Show your Membership Card and a valid picture ID to receive the free or 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 free. 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 free admission to Fort Wayne Zoological Society Members. Those marked with an asterisk (*) offer a 50% discount on admission. The Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo offers equivalent admission to members of these institutions.

Alabama
Birmingham Zoo
Montgomery Zoo

Arizona
Heritage Park Zoo, Prescott*
Phoenix Zoo*
Reid Park Zoo, Tucson

Arkansas
Little Rock Zoo

California
Aquarium of the Bay, San Francisco*
Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, San Pedro
Chaffee Zoo, Fresno
Charles Paddock Zoo, Atascadero
Coyote Point Museum, San Mateo
Happy Hollow Zoo, San Jose
The Living Desert Zoo, Palm Desert*
Los Angeles Zoo*
Micke Grove, Lodi
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*
Santa Fe Community College
Teaching Zoo, Gainesville

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
Columbian Park Zoo, Lafayette
Mesker Park Zoo, Evansville
Potawatomi Zoo, South Bend
Washington Park Zoo, Michigan City*

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
Louisiana Purchase Zoological Society, Monroe

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*
Children’s Zoo at
Celebration Square, Saginaw
Detroit Zoo*
John Ball Zoo, Grand Rapids
Potter Park Zoo, Lansing

Minnesota
Lake Superior Zoo, Duluth
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
Binghamton Zoo at Ross Park, Binghamton
Seneca Park Zoo, Rochester
Staten Island Zoo
Trevor Zoo, Millbrook
Utica Zoo

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
Oregon Zoo, Portland
Wildlife Safari, Winston*

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

Rhode Island
Roger Williams Zoo, Providence

South Carolina
Greenville Zoo
Riverbanks Zoo, Columbia

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
Tracy Aviary, Salt Lake City
Willow Park Zoo, Logan

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