Complete List of Minnesota Zoos for the 2025 Season

Como Park Zoo and Conservatory in Saint Paul, Minnesota, is a popular, free-admission destination featuring a diverse range of animal habitats and botanical displays for 2025. The zoo showcases polar bears, large cats such as tigers and lions, aquatic animals, birds, primates, African hoofed animals like giraffes, ostriches, and zebras, as well as wolves[2]. Visitors can explore the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory,...

Known previously as Lake Superior Center, the Great Lakes Aquarium has been located on the Duluth Waterfront since 2000. A freshwater aquarium, GLA features animals and habitats found within the Great Lakes Basin. The Aquarium also houses animals from other freshwater ecosystems such as the Amazon River. A changeable exhibit space is designed to interpret marine (saltwater) animals and habitat...

Hemker Park & Zoo in Freeport, Minnesota is open daily in 2025 from 10 AM to 6 PM, offering interactive and engaging experiences for visitors of all ages[2][3]. Key features include opportunities to feed a giraffe and meet a rhino, providing memorable up-close animal encounters[1]. The zoo is home to a variety of notable animals such as giraffes, rhinos, penguins, mangabeys,...

Lake Superior Zoo in Duluth, Minnesota is home to a diverse collection of animals and offers engaging experiences for visitors in 2025. The zoo recently welcomed Wiley, a male red panda, who now shares a habitat with the long-time resident female red panda, Zoozee. Guests can observe their interactions and learn about this endangered species, with red pandas being a...

The Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley, Minnesota, spans 485 acres and offers a distinctive experience by guiding visitors through themed trails rather than traditional species-by-species exhibits. Guests can explore immersive environments such as a rainforest, encounter grizzly bears, and discover the vibrant “World of Birds” exhibit, making wildlife viewing dynamic and engaging[1]. The zoo hosts special annual events, including the popular...

Pine Grove Zoo, located in Little Falls, is nestled among one of the last standing grove of white pines in Minnesota. Meander down paved paths and view a variety of exotic, native and domestic animals at home in their spacious, natural habitats. Interactive signs and a petting stable provide educational encounters that will enhance your zoo visit and create long...

Welcome to SEA LIFE Minnesota The All-New Aquarium offers fascinating new displays, cool hands-on activities for kids, over 10,000 sea creatures including tons more sea creatures than ever before and an ocean full of fun!

Zollman Zoo is the anchor in Oxbow’s Environmental Education Program.  Nearly 50 thousand visitors, many of them school-aged children visit the zoo on an annual basis.  Many of these visitors participate in environmental education classes, and/or weekend programs designed to stimulate an interest in our natural world.  The zoo offers children and adults alike the opportunity to observe wild animals...