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Attractions

Planning a visit to the Smithsonian's National Zoo? Don't miss these exciting attractions throughout the park.

Artist Matthew Willey paints a bee mural on the Smithsonian's National Zoo's Great Ape House
The Good of the Hive Mural
Cost: Free
Open year-round
A child sits at the top of a slide sculpted to look like a bee hive overflowing with honey at the Smithsonian's National Zoo's Me and the Bee playground
Me and the Bee Playground
Cost: Free
Open year-round
a little girl wearing a yellow shirt and shorts dances while water squirts up around her
Squirt Zone
Cost: Free
Open seasonally
Visitors ride the Zoo's carousel. In the foreground, a young girl with one hand in the air sits atop a giraffe seat while her parent holds her in place.
Speedwell Conservation Carousel
Cost: $4.00
Open year-round