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The Zoo is open Year Round!
Kansas City Zoo is open 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. weekdays; 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. weekends. Admission is $11.50 for adults, $10.50 for seniors and $8.50 for children ages 3-11.
Join Friends of the Zoo (FOTZ) today and enjoy complimentary unlimited admission through March 31, 2011.
Zoo-Magical Mondays
Monday, August 1 is $1 Bag of Chips
Monday, August 9 is $1 Back to School Item in the Gift Shop
Monday, August 16 is $1 Carousel Rides
Send In the Clowns
Celebrate the start of National Clown Week at the Zoo on Sunday, August 1 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Enjoy face painters, laugh until your sides get sore and much more fun! Shake hands with Sizzle from the T-Bones from 12 to 3 p.m. Also, learn about the antics of animals at the Kansas City Zoo.
Wild, Wacky and Wet Wednesday
Wednesday, August 4
$2 Admission, $2 Train rides and $2 Hot Dogs
It's a WILDLY FUN day at the Kansas City Zoo! $2 admission (FOTZ Members are always free!); $2 train rides and $2 hot dogs. Make a day of it!
Cool down at the Zoo on a warm summer day; get drenched by the sprinkler towers; and come splash in the water and play fun games on Wednesday, August 4! Learn and watch as the animals keep cool during the summer.
Make sure to stop by from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and check out how Clear can make your on-the-go life easier through technology.
Polar Bear Passage Opening Soon!
Due to extreme weather conditions, the construction schedule has been altered. Please stay tuned and continue visit the Zoo to watch the progress.
These photos were taken in July. 
Installation of the "green roof." It is a living roof of native plants that will save on storm water run off, provide habitat and shade and will add an extra layer of insulation to the building. 
This is a view form the train tracks. On the right is the indoor air-conditioned viewing building with floor to ceiling above- and below- water viewing.
Grass-crete is being installed to aid in erosion control in the grassy area. Egg-crate like molds are being installed, concrete is poured in the aisles and buffalo grass plugs will be planted in the center of each mold.
Life-size polar bear statue being installed at the new Polar Bear Passage. Imagine you and your family standing underneath the paws of this big white bear. Polar Bear Passage opens soon.
Safari Sleep-over, Saturday, August 14
Enjoy a sleepover with all your friends in the
The next Safari Sleepover is Saturday, August 14 from 7 p.m. to 8 a.m. and includes a continental breakfast. Register by Friday, July 30 for all the fun!
Friends of the Zoo (FOTZ) Memberships are a Great Value
What are your favorite animals at the Zoo? Lions, tigers or Nikita, the polar bear (Polar Bear Passage Opens Soon)? You can see these animals as often as you like with a FOTZ Membership. Members receive complimentary, unlimited admission to the Zoo through March 31, 2011, plus discounts to Zoo Gift Shops and special events like Flights for Flippers and much more!
2 Visits with 2 Adults + 2 Children = $80
***Family FOTZ Membership = $79***
A FOTZ Membership pays for itself in just 2 visits!
Join FOTZ Today!
**Benefits are subject to change without prior notice
