Spring Hours:
(April 5 - October 26):
Monday-Friday 10:00am-5:00pm,
Weekends 10:00am-5:30pm,
Holidays 10:00am-5:30pm Winter Hours:
(November- March):
Daily 10:00am-4:30pm Admission:
Adults $6.00, Seniors $1.25,
Children 3-12 $1.00
Children under 3 years are free.
(Same ticket allows for admittance to the
Tisch Children's Zoo)
(212) 861-6030 or (212) 439-6500
One of the most extraordinary additions to
Central Park in recent years has been theTisch Children's Zoo. Wonderfully
designed
and completely renovated, this Zoo reopened
in 1997 with a generous gift from
philanthropist Laurence A. Tisch.
Parents park their strollers near the elaborate
sculpted gate and with their children in hand
enter this child's wonderland. Here they can
feed and pet animals, enjoy children's theater,
romp on a spider web and crawl through
exhibits made exclusively for their
entertainment. Giant mock turtle shells
and rabbits with large ears but without
faces give children a place to infuse their
own bodies with the artfully displayed toys.
At the center of the Zoo is the Enchanted
Forest where giant insects hover overhead
and large sculptured animals attract the
attention of wide-eyed toddlers. With a large
net strung high in the trees overhead a
natural bird habitat provides a remarkable
environment for all the surrounding activity
enabling children to interact with live species
while their parents try desperately to
identify them.
With the sound of cascading water from the
central stream and the dramatics of the
Acorn Theater along with the laughter and
exaggerated cries of delight from children
lost in the experience of discovery, the
Children's Zoo is a wonderfully uplifting
experience for adults as well as children.
