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Attractions

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

This wall mural by artist Wyland shows sea turtles, fish, an octopus, and various types of coral in an underwater setting. The marine animals are brightly colored, but the water and rocks are darker shades of blue.
Wyland Mural
Cost: Free
Open year-round
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