Milwaukee County Zoo - Milwaukee Zoos and Aquarium

  • Address: 10001 W Bluemound Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226-4346
  • Phone: 4147713040
  • Website:www.milwaukeezoo.org
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4.5
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4.5
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4.0
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 6+ reviews
Milwaukee County Zoo
10001 W Bluemound Rd
Milwaukee, WI 53226-4346

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  • Collection of animals, birds and reptiles ... more on Yahoo! Travel
  • The Milwaukee County Zoo is considered among the finest Zoos in the country. It is situated on 200 wooded acres and is ... more on epinions.com
  • The Milwaukee County Zoo is a serene home to more than 1,700 mammals, birds, fish, amphibians and reptiles with more than 350 species represented. However, the Zoo has become more than that to visitors. It is a site for workshops, holiday celebrations, summer concerts and food festivals. Recognized as one of the country’s finest zoological attractions, the Milwaukee County Zoo serves as a resource to educate, entertain and inspire. The wildness began in 1892 when the Milwaukee County Zoo was a simple miniature mammal and bird display in Milwaukee's downtown Washington Park. By 1902, the Zoo expanded to 23 acres and had acquired a roaring 800 animals. Thirty-two years later, the Zoo became an entity of the Milwaukee County Park Commission. The arrangement gave the Zoo the resources it needed to grow and prosper. The chance to grow surfaced in 1958 when the Zoo moved to its present location on 200 acres of beautiful parkland where currently over 350 species of animals are on exhibit. The first decade at the Zoo's new location saw several developments: the Primate Building, Monkey Island and Winter Quarters construction. In the early 1960s, Grizzly, Polar and Brown Bear dens were completed, as were the Feline, Pachyderm, Giraffe, Bird, Small Mammals, Aquarium/Reptile, and Australian Buildings. In the 1970s, the Zoo continued ... more on milwaukeezoo.org

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5.0
Milwaukee County Zoo

A first class zoo in a medium ... By A Yahoo! User from Baltimore, MD, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

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VIP

I went to the zoo today on a special VIP tour, it was great. we got to ... A TripAdvisor Member, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on tripadvisor

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Play With A Polar Bear Without Getting Mauled

You might think that because I'm a Milwaukee townie ... nifer, a user of epinions.com. Read full review on Epinions.com

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3.0
Cost too much

We have a membership for the zoo. My husband and I take the kids to the zoo about ... By A Yahoo! User from West Milwaukee, WI, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

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