Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo
About Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo
Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo is located in Palo Alto, California and part of the City of Palo Alto's Community Services Department (CSD). It was founded in 1934 by Josephine O’Hara in the basement of a local elementary school.
The small zoo holds approximately 200 species of mostly indigenous wildlife such as bobcats, raccoons, hedgehogs, ducks, bats, snakes and more. The museum has an interactive scientific exhibition that is changed every few years. They offer science classes to local students, over 14,000 students a year.
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- 1934
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01Palo AltoEvan Baldonado · CC BY 4.0
02Three-spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) at the Palo Alto Junior Museum and ZooEvan Baldonado · CC BY 4.0
03Three-spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) at the Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo (cropped)Evan Baldonado · CC BY 4.0
04Two Three-spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) at the Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo (cropped)Evan Baldonado · CC BY 4.0
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Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within 1.7 miles of Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo; the closest, Museum of American Heritage, is about a mile away.
