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January 2024 by Vito Padilla
Great park, could you have been here come visit? They have a zoo lot of softball fields, not a area to have some parties. In the fall it's beautiful I do a lot of my fall photoshoots here .Follow me on Instagram @mr.3verything
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January 2024 by Edua Pila
Beautiful place
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December 2023 by Jonathan Behling
Went to "glow crazy" and it was super cool! Little expensive but still worth it! Would love to go again if they have other light displays. Fun place for a date!
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November 2023 by Khmei Kai
The park is great and the zoo is wonderful for your family to visit. There are more events now than before. Recently, we attended the light festival. Fantastic display of animals made out of lanterns and lights.
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October 2023 by Sandra Landro
This was a fantastic experience! Beautiful. Nice relaxing walk around the zoo area to see these phenomenal displays and there were plenty of them. Great for couples and families.
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September 2023 by R Falconi
This is such a wonderful zoo especially if you have small children. It takes about 2hrs to see everything with exhibits lining the paths so the kids can easily go from one to another. The carousel is $2/person and such a hit with the littles. There's a small playground within the zoo if you need a break and larger parks in the nearby area if you wanted to continue your day out after your visit.
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September 2023 by Mollie Magarino
I thought this zoo was a perfect size for a short day trip. It took us about 2 hours to get through, and honestly, with kids, that's about as long as I want to spend anywhere. The tiger and the two leopards were awesome to see and the kids loved the prairie dog exhibit with the plastic domes that allow you to pop your head into their hill and see them up close. It was a good time!
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August 2023 by Aurora Raboin
Went here as park of the Summer at the Museum program. Got here around 1pm, parking was awful but we figured it out, guess you have to be an early bird to catch an easy parking stopI've been here a few times over the years, it's a small zoo that you can go through in 2 hours if you really take your time. They have a very crowded restaurant. And a nice amount of animals to seeMy favorite is the tiny monkey building that just has netting between you and the monkeys. If they were close enough to the net for me to reach I would've risked everyone of my fingers getting bitten off to experience a touch of their tiny little bodies. I didn't have the opportunity unfortunately.Was a lovely day and a wonderful walk through. Great for little kids or a nice quick day trip.
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August 2023 by Krista Cole
Fun summer weekday trip! There were educational staff/interns at several exhibits which allowed for asking questions and getting to know a bit more about the animals on an individual level. Lots of fun stuff for younger children- places to see how big they are in comparison to birds of prey, various types of bears, etc. And it’s not so big that kids can’t walk around by themselves. We were able to catch the 11am show on sustainability which went over my five-year olds head but when they brought out a live snake, he was pretty excited. A few of the animal exhibits are empty right now.
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August 2023 by Shashank Dixit
Great weekend experience visiting the zoo! Amazing customer service, clean restrooms.Animals (That includes Amur Tiger, Leopard , Black Panther, Bison, Black Bear, Anteaters, Wolves, Fox, Rainforest and various bird species) kept in very clean and maintained conditions.They have different shows running in the Peacock Pavilion and Barn area. We saw the Aviary show which was very engaging and informative.Would recommend to get the tickets online ahead of the trip, however do have sales at the door. Don't miss out on the gift shop on your way to grab a cool 100 year anniversary souvenir!!!
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July 2023 by Rebecca Nowak
I took my son here, free of charge, thanks to Connecticut's Summer at the Museum Program. We got there 20 minutes after opening and it was front row seats for all the exhibits! I loved seeing how enriched, happy, and clean all the animals looked.Everywhere (exception being the Rainforest room) I went was very stroller-friendly. My son (1 1/2) clapped for nearly every animal he saw!
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June 2023 by Deborah D.
Good experience for the family but specifically for the kids. A few well care animals yo see and a good space to enjoy.
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June 2023 by Dan R.
"Someone told me it's all happening at the zooI do believe itI do believe it's true"(Simon and Garfunkel"If you think you can waltz right up to the ticket office and buy your tickets over the counter, you'll find out you can't. And believe me, we saw plenty of people who made that mistake when we visited on Monday. You see, you HAVE to buy your tickets in advance on their website -we knew that and we did, but many people were holding up the line by flailing away on their phones at the ticket office.The Beardsley Zoo is a moderately sized zoo that has many of the things you expect to see at a zoo - monkeys, tigers, leopards, bears, buffalos, and snakes. We even saw an anteater and quite a few prairie dogs in a very cool exhibit where children could crawl into a tunnel and pop up in an encased plastic tube in the middle of the prairie. That was awesome.It took us about 2 hours to walk through the zoo, and I'm pretty sure we saw everything including the Farmyard, greenhouse, birdhouse and Carousel.We were there on Juneteenth and since the schools were closed, we saw quite a few children and their families enjoying the zoo and nice weather.
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May 2023 by Liz
Hubs and I had a great time! Spent close to 6 hours walking around viewing all of the animals. We loved the Prairie Dogs, Maned Wolf and Tiger to name a few. Not as busy as anticipated with most at the beach today. The lady running the gift shop was a hoot. For those not looking to pay admission to the zoo, Beardsley Park is right near by, super clean, option to picnic or just get some walking in.
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May 2023 by Rich Fontaine
Great exhibits and some amazing animals. I was impressed with the overall cleanliness of the zoo grounds. The man with the animal pelts was a hit with the kids. He had many tidbits of knowledge that they loved and even a few jokes that had them laughing. More than ample parking very close to the entrance. Good friendly service at the Cafe and the ladies running the gift shop were a riot! A+
