Houston Zoo
6200 Hermann Park Dr
HoustonTX77030
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Open
- Sunday
- 9:00am-7:00pm
- Monday
- 9:00am-7:00pm
- Tuesday
- 9:00am-7:00pm
- Wednesday
- 9:00am-7:00pm
- Thursday
- 9:00am-7:00pm
- Friday
- 9:00am-7:00pm
- Saturday
- 9:00am-7:00pm
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Description
Houston Zoo Inc can be found at N Macgregor Dr 1513. The following is offered: Aquariums & Zoos. The entry is present with us since Sep 9, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 14, 2013. In Houston there are 1 other Aquariums & Zoos. An overview can be found here.
Tips
Free admission is offered on Martin Luther King Day, Memorial Day, the Friday after July 4th, Labor Day and the day after Thanksgiving.
The park closes at 6pm during Central Standard Time in the colder months. Ticket sales always stop one hour before closing.
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Located within Hermann Park is this 55-acre zoo featuring a gorilla habitat, rare albino reptiles, a cat facility, a large aquarium, and vampire bats. Every few years the zoo builds a new facility for a portion of its residents. The Brown Education Center, open daily from 10am to 6pm, allows visitors to interact with the animals.
What started with one bison has grown into a collection of exotic and domestic animals in Hermann Park.:
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When a bison named Earl was given to Houston in 1920, it unwittingly became the city's first zoo animal. Others followed: secondhand circus animals, unwanted exotic pets and an...
When a bison named Earl was given to Houston in 1920, it unwittingly became the city's first zoo animal. Others followed: secondhand circus animals, unwanted exotic pets and an...
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The Houston Zoo is a zoological park located within Hermann Park in Houston, Texas, United States. The Zoo houses over 6,000 animals as a part of over 900 species that the zoo has to offer, and receives 1.8 million visitors each year and is the tenth most visited zoo in the United States. The Zoo is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).The Houston Zoo's mission statement is...
