The Moscow Zoo is the first zoo in Russia, it opened in 1864 and was created at the initiative of the Imperial Russian Society for the Acclimatization of Animals and Plants, and its main "sponsor" at that time was members of the imperial family. How does the Moscow Zoo work today and what is it like?
Moscow Zoo today
To date, the Moscow Zoo, the main purpose of which is the conservation of species and research and educational activities, contains about eight thousand individuals. Zoo animals are presented in several dozen specific expositions, which relate to a particular region, family, species, and so on.
For example, in the Australian section you can see black swans and emus, as well as visit the House of the Giraffe.
The Moscow Zoo has membership in the World and European Association of Zoos and Aquariums, as well as in the Euro-Asian Regional Association of Zoos and Aquariums. In addition, he takes an active part in a large number of international programs for the conservation of endangered species of animals and works closely with world conservation organizations. The zoo also hosts qualified seminars, lectures and special excursions for children.
Opening hours of the Moscow Zoo
The Moscow Zoo is open from 10:00 to 20:00 as usual, while the winter zoo is open from 10:00 to 17:00. Ticket office hours are from 11:00 to 16:30. The only day off is Monday. Ticket offices close one hour before the zoo closes. The cost of tickets to the Moscow Zoo for adults and children under seventeen years old is three hundred rubles, and pensioners can visit it completely free of charge by presenting a pension certificate. To get to the dolphinarium of the Moscow Zoo, adults must pay one hundred and fifty rubles, and students and schoolchildren - twenty rubles.
You need to sign up for group talks and excursions that introduce zoo visitors to the biology and diversity of animal fauna at least a month in advance.
The easiest way for tourists and guests of the capital to enter the territory of the Moscow Zoo is the metro. The most suitable stations for this are Krasnopresnenskaya (Koltsevaya line) and Barrikadnaya (Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line). The Moscow Zoo is located at st. B. Gruzinskaya, 1.
Owners of iPhone, communicators or smartphones on the Android operating platform can manually plan a route by organizing an independent educational tour of the Moscow Zoo using a GPS guide and the "Around the World" mobile application.
