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FONZ Membership

As a membership-based organization, Friends of the National Zoo is extremely successful. FONZ membership includes more than 40,000 members, totaling about 92,000 individuals.

FONZ offers several different membership programs to accommodate all of the Zoo’s patrons, young and old. With more than 20,000 members, the FONZ Household program is by far the most popular of these options. FONZ also offers special programs for seniors, young professionals, and patrons who live outside of a 200-mile radius of the Zoo. more

Benefits of FONZ membership are extensive, and include:

  • Reduced admission for FONZ events and opportunities to attend camps and classes
  • Subscription to Smithsonian Zoogoer, FONZ’s award-winning conservation and natural history magazine
  • Members-only events such as sneak previews and Zoo sleepovers
  • Discounts at all National Zoo Stores
  • Discounts and benefits at more than 100 other zoos and aquariums nationwide
  • Free parking