Fall 2019 Community Newsletter

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This newsletter was sent to the Zoo's surrounding community and neighbors on Sept. 25, 2019.

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April 05, 2023

Zoo Neighborhood Council Meeting

On March 30, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute’s Zoo Neighborhood Council (ZNC) held its first meeting of 2023.

June 30, 2021

Zoo Visitation Update

Beginning today, June 30, the Smithsonian has approved an increase in the amount of visitors the Smithsonian’s National Zoo can admit daily, and an increase in our building capacities.

July 20, 2020

Zoo Neighborhood Council: July

Today, the Smithsonian announced that the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, will reopen to the public on Friday, July 24. All other Smithsonian museums will remain temporarily closed to the public.