List of zoological gardens and aquariums by year of establishment

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This list contains zoological gardens and show aquariums , broken down according to the year they were founded.

16th Century

Zooname founding year city country Current area Special features / comments Web presence
Sababurg Zoo 1571 Hofgeismar Germany 130 ha As a non-public hunting gate, abandoned at the end of the 18th century and only reopened as a zoo in 1973 Homepage

18th century

Zooname founding year city country Current area Special features / comments Web presence
Schönbrunn Zoo 1752 Vienna Austria 17 ha Oldest existing zoo in the world. Homepage
Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes 1793 Paris France 05.5 ha Oldest "civil" zoo in the world. Homepage

19th century

Zooname founding year city country Current area Special features / comments Web presence
London Zoo 1828 London Great Britain 015 ha first zoo to have the word zoo in its name Homepage
Dublin Zoo 1831 Dublin Ireland 028 ha Ireland's oldest zoo Homepage
Bristol Zoo 1835 Bristol Great Britain 005 ha Homepage
Manchester Zoo 1837 Manchester Great Britain closed on September 11, 1977 Homepage
Natura Artis Magistra 1838 Amsterdam Netherlands 014 ha oldest zoo in the Netherlands Homepage
Edinburgh Royal Zoological Gardens 1840 Edinburgh Great Britain 002.4 ha Closed in 1857
Thiergarten Horn 1841 Hamburg Horn Germany 002 ha Closed in 1845 n / A
Antwerp Zoo 1843 Antwerp Belgium 010.5 ha oldest zoo in Belgium Homepage
Berlin Zoological Garden 1844 Berlin Germany 035 ha oldest still existing zoo in Germany Homepage
Dierentuin van Gent 1851 Ghent Belgium Closed in 1905
Brussels Zoological Garden 1851 Brussels Belgium Closed in 1876
Jardin Zoologique de Marseille 1854 Marseille France Closed in 1987
Diergaarde Blijdorp 1857 Rotterdam Netherlands 027 ha at the current location since 1940 Homepage
Frankfurt Zoological Garden 1858 Frankfurt am Main Germany 011 ha at the current location since 1874 Homepage
Lyon Zoo 1858 Lyon France 006 ha Homepage
Zoologisk Have 1859 Frederiksberg Denmark 011 ha Denmark's oldest zoo Homepage
Philadelphia Zoo 1859 Philadelphia United States 011 ha oldest zoo in the United States of America Homepage
Cologne Zoo 1860 Cologne Germany 020 ha Homepage
Dresden Zoo 1861 Dresden Germany 013 ha Homepage
Melbourne Zoo 1862 Melbourne Parkville Australia 022 ha oldest zoo in Australia Homepage
De Haagse Dierentuin 1863 The hague Netherlands Closed in 1943
Hamburg Zoological Garden 1863 Hamburg Germany 014 ha was closed in 1930
Ragunan Zoological Park 1864 Jakarta Indonesia 140 ha oldest zoo in Indonesia Homepage
Moscow zoo 1864 Moscow Russia 021.5 ha oldest zoo in Russia Homepage
Central Park Zoo 1864 New York City United States Homepage
Leningrad Zoo (Ленинградский зоопарк) 1864 St. Petersburg Russia Homepage
Hanover Zoo 1865 Hanover Germany 021 ha Homepage
Wroclaw Zoological Garden (Ogród Zoologiczny we Wrocławiu) 1865 Wroclaw Poland 035 ha oldest zoo in Poland Homepage
Karlsruhe zoological garden 1865 Karlsruhe Germany 023 hectares Homepage
Budapest Zoo (Fovárosi Állat- és Növénykert) 1866 Budapest Hungary 011 ha oldest zoo in Hungary Homepage
Lincoln Park Zoo 1868 Chicago United States 014 ha Homepage
Mulhouse Zoo 1868 Mulhouse France 025 ha Homepage
Buffalo Zoological Gardens 1870 Buffalo United States Homepage
Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens (香港 動植物 公園) 1871 Hong Kong People's Republic of China 005.4 ha Unofficially the oldest zoo in China. Hong Kong was still a British colony in 1871. Homepage
Basel Zoological Garden 1874 Basel Switzerland 011 ha oldest zoo in Switzerland Homepage
All-weather zoo Münster 1874 Muenster Germany 030 ha In 1973 the old zoo on the promenade was closed and reopened on the Sentruper Höhe Homepage
Poznan Zoological Garden (Ogród Zoologiczny w Poznaniu) 1874 Poses Poland 117 ha Homepage
Saint Louis Zoological Park 1874 St. Louis United States 036.6 ha Homepage
Warsaw Zoological Garden (Miejski Ogród Zoologiczny w. Warszawie) 1874 Warsaw Poland 039.5 ha Homepage
Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden 1875 Cincinnati United States 022.5 ha Homepage
Kolkata Zoo 1875 Kolkata India 018.8 ha Homepage
The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore 1876 Baltimore United States 022.5 ha Homepage
Düsseldorf Zoological Garden 1876 Dusseldorf Germany Closed in 1944 after being destroyed in the war
Leipzig Zoo 1878 Leipzig Germany 026.3 ha Homepage
Wuppertal Zoo 1881 Wuppertal Germany 020 ha Homepage
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo 1882 Cleveland United States 050 ha Homepage
Ueno Zoo (恩賜 上 野 動物園) 1882 Tokyo Japan 014.1 ha oldest zoo in Japan Homepage
Adelaide Zoo 1882 Adelaide Australia 008 ha Homepage
Lisbon Zoo (Jardim Zoológico Lisboa) 1882 Lisbon Portugal 026 ha oldest zoo in Portugal Homepage
Koethen Zoo 1884 Koethen Germany 005.5 ha Former title: Oldest home zoo in the "East" Homepage
New York Aquarium 1886 New York City United States 005.6 ha Homepage
Woodland Park Zoological Gardens 1887 Seattle United States 037 ha Homepage
Dallas Zoo 1888 Dallas United States 038 ha Homepage
Sofia Zoo (Зоопарк-София) 1888 Sofia Bulgaria 023 hectares oldest zoo in Bulgaria Homepage
Buenos Aires Zoo 1888 Buenos Aires Argentina 018 ha oldest zoo in Argentina Homepage
Vatican Gardens Zoo 1888 Vatican city Vatican city dissolved
Atlanta Zoo 1889 Atlanta United States 037 ha Homepage
Helsinki Zoo 1889 Helsinki Finland 023 hectares oldest zoo in Finland Homepage
Giza Zoo 1891 Cairo Egypt 034 ha Homepage
Skansen 1891 Stockholm Sweden 033 ha Homepage
Smithsonian National Zoological Park 1891 Washington, DC United States 048.5 ha Homepage
Barcelona Zoo (Parc Zoològic de Barcelona) 1892 Barcelona Spain 014 ha oldest zoo in Spain Homepage
Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens 1892 Milwaukee United States 077 ha Homepage
Zoo de l'Orangerie 1895 Strasbourg France 026 ha n / A
Kharkiv Zoo (Харьковский зоопарк) 1895 Kharkiv Ukraine 025 ha oldest zoo in Ukraine Homepage
Denver Zoological Gardens 1896 Denver United States 032 ha Homepage
Koenigsberg Zoo (Kaliningrad Zoo, Калининградский Зоопарк) 1896 Kaliningrad Russia 016.5 ha Homepage
Perth Zoological Gardens 1898 Perth Australia 019 ha Homepage
Bronx Zoo Wildlife Conservation Park 1898 New York City United States 148 ha Homepage
National Zoological Gardens of South Africa 1898 Pretoria South Africa 070 ha oldest zoo in South Africa Homepage
Rostock Zoo 1899 Rostock Germany 056 ha Homepage
Toledo Zoo 1899 Toledo (Ohio) United States 025.8 ha Homepage

20th century

Zooname founding year city country Current area Special features / comments Web presence
Zoological Garden Halle (Saale) 1901 Halle (Saale) Germany 008.5 ha Homepage
Mykolaiv Zoo (Николаевский зоопарк) 1901 Mykolaiv Ukraine 018 ha Homepage
Aquazoo - Löbbecke Museum 1904 Dusseldorf Germany 000.7 ha Founded in 1904, attached to the aquarium since 1947, in a new building since 1987 Homepage
Waikiki Aquarium 1904 Honolulu United States 001 ha oldest aquarium in the United States of America Homepage
Johannesburg Zoological Gardens 1904 Johannesburg South Africa 054 ha Homepage
Landau Zoo in the Palatinate 1904 Landau in the Palatinate Germany 004 ha Homepage
Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden 1904 Oklahoma City United States 076.5 ha Homepage
Wellington Zoo Trust 1906 Wellington New Zealand 008.6 ha oldest zoo in New Zealand Homepage
Hagenbeck Zoo 1907 Hamburg Germany 025 ha first gridless zoo in the world Homepage
Beijing Zoo (北京 动物园 欢迎 您) 1908 Beijing China 090 ha officially the oldest zoo in China Homepage
Kansas City Zoo 1909 Kansas City (Missouri) United States 081 ha Homepage
Kiev Zoo 1909 Kiev Ukraine 034 ha Homepage
Bernburg Zoo 1909 Bernburg Germany 008.5 ha Homepage
Munich Zoo Hellabrunn 1911 Munich Germany 036 ha first geozoo in the world Homepage
Bioparco Rome 1911 Rome Italy oldest zoo in Italy Homepage
Nuremberg Zoo 1912 Nuremberg Germany 065 ha at the current location since 1939 Homepage
Rīgas Zoodārzs 1912 Riga Latvia 019.9 ha oldest zoo in Latvia Homepage
Utah's Hogle Zoo 1912 Salt Lake City United States 021 ha Homepage
Franklin Park Zoo 1913 Boston United States 028.8 ha Homepage
Edinburgh Zoo 1913 Edinburgh Great Britain 033 ha Homepage
Audubon Zoo 1914 New Orleans United States 022 ha Homepage
San Antonio Zoological Gardens and Aquariums 1914 San Antonio United States 020 ha Homepage
Taipei Zoo (臺北 動物園 全球 資訊 網) 1915 Taipei Republic of China (Taiwan) 165 ha Homepage
San Diego Zoo 1916 San Diego United States 040 ha Homepage
Taronga Zoo 1916 Sydney Australia 250 ha Homepage
Bowmanville Zoo 1919 Bowmanville Canada 042 ha oldest zoo in Canada Homepage
Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens 1919 Jacksonville United States 036 ha Homepage
Zoologická Zahrada Liberec 1919 Liberec Czech Republic 016 ha oldest zoo in the Czech Republic Homepage
Auckland Zoological Park 1922 Auckland New Zealand 018.5 ha Homepage
Houston Zoo 1922 Houston United States 023 hectares Homepage
Burgers' Zoo 1923 Arnhem Netherlands 013 ha Homepage
Zoo di Milano 1923 Milan Italy Closed in 1992
Chapultepec Zoo 1924 Mexico city Mexico Homepage
Neunkirchen Zoological Garden 1924 Neunkirchen Germany 011 ha Homepage
Zagreb Zoo (Zooloski vrt grada Zagreba) 1925 Zagreb Croatia 007 ha oldest zoo in Croatia Homepage
Zoológico Nacional, Parque Metropolitano de Santiago 1925 Santiago de Chile Chile 004.5 ha Homepage
Goldau Nature and Animal Park 1925 Goldau Switzerland 026 ha Homepage
Rio Grande Zoo 1927 Albuquerque United States 025.6 ha Homepage
Sacramento Zoo 1927 Sacramento United States 006 ha Homepage
Tbilisi Zoo 1927 Tbilisi Georgia 120 ha largest and oldest zoo in Georgia. Homepage
San Francisco Zoological Gardens 1928 San Francisco United States 044 ha Homepage
Bremerhaven Zoo by the Sea 1928 Bremerhaven Germany 001.2 ha Homepage
Detroit Zoo 1928 Detroit United States Homepage
Eberswalde zoological garden 1928 Eberswalde Germany 013 ha Homepage
Jerusalem Zoo 1928 Jerusalem Israel 024.2 ha Homepage
Dallas World Aquarium 1929 Dallas United States 000.4 ha Homepage
Calgary Zoo 1929 Calgary Canada 159 hectares Homepage
Krakow Zoological Garden (Krakowski Ogród Zoologiczny) 1929 Krakow Poland 017 ha Homepage
Zurich Zoo 1929 Zurich Switzerland 015 ha Homepage
Chester Zoo 1930 Chester Great Britain Homepage
Ekaterinburg Zoo 1930 Ekaterinburg Russia 002.7 ha Homepage
Odense Zoo 1930 Odense Denmark 006.5 ha Homepage
Prague Zoo 1931 Prague Czech Republic 053.7 ha Homepage
Jardin zoologique du Quebec 1931 Charlesbourg (Quebec) Canada 052 ha Closed in 2006
Whipsnade Zoo 1931 Whipsnade Great Britain 240 ha Homepage
Saarbrücken Zoo 1932 (closed in 1939) Saarbrücken Germany 0
Zoo and fossilium Bochum 1933 Bochum Germany 001.9 ha Homepage
Belfast Zoological Gardens 1933 Belfast Great Britain 024 ha Homepage
Brookfield Zoo 1934 Brookfield United States 057.4 ha Homepage
Duisburg Zoo 1934 Duisburg Germany 014 ha Homepage
Heidelberg Zoo 1934 Heidelberg Germany 010.2 ha Homepage
Parc zoologique de Paris 1934 Paris France 015 ha Homepage
Aalborg Zoo 1935 Aalborg Denmark 008 ha Homepage
Zoo de Genève 1935 Geneva Switzerland Closed in 1940
Osnabrück Zoo 1936 Osnabrück Germany 023.5 ha Homepage
Almaty Zoo 1937 Almaty Kazakhstan 037 ha oldest zoo in Kazakhstan Homepage
Augsburg Zoo 1937 augsburg Germany 022 ha Homepage
Dählhölzli Zoo, Bern 1937 Bern Switzerland 015 ha Homepage
Rheine Nature Zoo 1937 Rheine Germany 013 ha Homepage
Straubing Zoo 1937 Straubing Germany 020 ha Homepage
Dierenpark Emmen 1937 Emmen Netherlands 013 ha Homepage
Łódź Zoo (Miejski Ogród Zoologiczny w Łodzi) 1938 Łódź Poland 017 ha Homepage
Krefeld Zoo 1938 Krefeld Germany 013 ha Homepage
Karaganda Zoo 1938 Karagandy Kazakhstan 107 ha n / A
Tallinn Zoo (Tallinna Loomaaed) 1939 Tallinn Estonia 088.6 ha the only zoo in Estonia Homepage
Yerevan Zoo (Երևանի կենդանաբանական այգի) 1940 Yerevan Armenia 08.5 ha only zoo of Armenia Homepage
Parque Zoológico El Pinar 1945 Caracas Venezuela 050 ha Homepage
Glasgow Zoo 1947 Glasgow Great Britain 015 ha Closed in 2002 Homepage
Dierenpark Amersfoort 1948 Amersfoort Netherlands 024 ha Homepage
Miami Metrozoo 1948 Miami United States 300 ha Homepage
Zoom Gelsenkirchen adventure world 1949 Gelsenkirchen Germany 030 ha Since 2001 the former Ruhr Zoo has been converted into a ZOOM Erlebniswelt Homepage
Haifa Educational Zoo 1949 Haifa Israel Homepage
Parking Eskilstuna Zoo 1950 Eskilstuna Sweden 050 ha Homepage
Parc Zoologique de Lille 1950 Lille France 004 ha Homepage
Magdeburg Zoological Garden 1950 Magdeburg Germany 012.5 ha Homepage
Neumünster Zoo 1950 Neumunster Germany 024 ha Homepage
Nordhorn Zoo 1950 Nordhorn Germany 010 ha Homepage
Ljubljana Zoo (Zooloski Vrt Mesta Ljubljana) 1951 Ljubljana Slovenia 020 ha Homepage
Zoo Płock (Miejski Ogród Zoologiczny w Płocku) 1951 Plock Poland 010 ha Homepage
ZOORASIA - Yokohama Zoological Gardens (横 浜 動物園) 1951 Yokohama Japan 034.1 ha Homepage
Guyana Zoological Park 1952 Georgetown Guyana Homepage
Arizona Sonora Desert Museum 1952 Tucson United States 040 ha Homepage
Wilhelma Zoological-Botanical Garden Stuttgart 1953 Stuttgart Germany 028 ha Founded in 1850 as a botanical garden . Homepage
Dortmund Zoo 1953 Dortmund Germany 028 ha Homepage
Cottbus Zoo 1954 cottbus Germany 025 ha Homepage
Shanghai Zoo (上海 动物园 版权所有) 1954 Shanghai China 070 ha Homepage
Tama Zoo (多 摩 動物 公園) 1954 Tokyo Japan 052.3 ha Homepage
Berlin-Friedrichsfelde Zoo 1955 Berlin Germany 160 ha Homepage
Birmingham Zoo 1955 Birmingham United States 030 ha Homepage
Giardino Zoologico di Torino 1955 Turin Italy Closed in 1986.
Hoyerswerda Zoo 1956 Hoyerswerda Germany 005.5 ha Homepage
Opel Zoo 1956 Kronberg im Taunus Germany 023 hectares Homepage
Dierenpark Planckendael 1956 Mechelen Belgium 042 ha Homepage
Schwerin Zoological Garden 1956 Schwerin Germany 020 ha Homepage
Vancouver Aquarium 1956 Vancouver Canada 001 ha Homepage
Assiniboine Park Zoo 1956 Winnipeg Canada 056 ha Homepage
Nature Conservation Zoo Goerlitz 1957 Goerlitz Germany 005.1 ha Homepage
Parque Zoologico de Sao Paulo 1957 São Paulo Brazil 082.4 ha Homepage
Lowry Park Zoo - Tampa Bay 1957 Tampa United States 022.6 ha Homepage
Dessau animal park 1958 Dessau-Rosslau Germany 011 ha Homepage
Thuringian Zoo Park Erfurt 1958 Erfurt Germany 035 ha Homepage
Silesian Zoo (Śląski Ogród Zoologiczny) 1958 Chorzów / Katowice Poland 009 ha Homepage
Oregon Zoo 1959 Portland United States 025.6 ha Homepage
Korea Central Zoo April 1959 Pyongyang North Korea 100 ha North Korea's first zoo
National Zoological Park New Delhi 1959 New Delhi India 097 ha Homepage
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust - Jersey Zoo 1959 jersey Great Britain 011.5 ha Homepage
Stralsund Zoo 1959 Stralsund Germany 016 ha Homepage
Ströhen Zoo 1959 Wagenfeld Germany 030 ha Homepage
Zoologická záhrada Bratislava May 9, 1960 Bratislava Slovakia 096 ha Homepage
The Phoenix Zoo 1961 Phoenix United States 050 ha Homepage
Salzburg Zoo 1961 Salzburg Austria 014 ha former name: Hellbrunn Zoo Homepage
Innsbruck Alpine Zoo 1962 innsbruck Austria 005 ha Homepage
The Louisville Zoo 1962 Louisville United States Homepage
Ueckermünde Zoo 1962 Ueckermünde Germany 018 ha Homepage
Walsrode World Bird Park 1962 Walsrode Germany 024 ha Homepage
Colchester Zoo 1963 Colchester Great Britain 010 ha Homepage
Chemnitz zoo 1964 Chemnitz Germany 010 ha Homepage
Indianapolis Zoo 1964 Indianapolis United States 026 ha Homepage
Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens 1964 los Angeles United States 045.7 ha Homepage
Vivarium Darmstadt 1965 Darmstadt Germany 004 ha Homepage
Kolmården Djurpark 1965 Norrkoping Sweden 250 ha Homepage
Jardin Zoologico de Valencia 1965 Valencia Spain Homepage
House of the Sea 1965 Vienna Austria Homepage
Aachen Euregiozoo 1966 Aachen Germany 009 ha Homepage
Delitzsch Zoo 1968 Delitzsch Germany 005 ha Homepage
San Diego Zoo Safari Park 1969 San Diego United States 720 ha Homepage
Herberstein wildlife 1969 Sankt Johann near Herberstein Austria 040 ha Former name: Herberstein Animal and Nature Park Homepage
Neuwied Zoo 1970 Neuwied Germany 013.5 ha Homepage
Australia Zoo 1970 Beerwah (Queensland) Australia Homepage
Apenheul 1971 Apeldoorn Netherlands 013 ha Homepage
Zoo-Aquarium de la Casa de Campo 1972 Madrid Spain 020 ha Homepage
Loro Parque 1972 Tenerife Spain 013.5 ha Homepage
Singapore Zoological Gardens 1973 Singapore Singapore 068 ha Homepage
Toronto Zoo 1974 Scarborough (Toronto) Canada 287 ha Homepage
Parque Zoologico Caricuao 1977 Caracas Venezuela 039 ha Homepage
Ocean Park Hong Kong (海洋 公園) 1977 Hong Kong China 087 hectares Homepage
Košice Zoo (Zoologická Záhrada Košice) 1979 Košice Slovakia 292 ha Homepage
Zoológico de Fauna Sudamericana Santa Cruz de la Sierra 1979 Santa Cruz de la Sierra Bolivia Homepage
Schmiding Zoo 1982 Krenglbach Austria 012 ha Homepage
Yadanabon Zoological Garden 1989 Mandalay Myanmar 022 ha
Nausicaa Center National de la Mer 1991 Boulogne-sur-Mer France 000.5 ha Homepage
Biodôme Montréal 1992 Montréal Canada Homepage
Acquario di Genova 1992 Genoa Italy Opened to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the discovery of America Homepage
Two Oceans Aquarium 1994 Cape Town South Africa 001 ha Homepage
L'aquarium Barcelona 1995 Barcelona Spain Homepage
Disney's Animal Kingdom 1998 Lake Buena Vista United States 202 ha Homepage
Oceanario de Lisboa 1998 Lisbon Portugal Homepage
Attic Zoological Park (Αττικό Ζωολογικό Πάρκο) 2000 Athens Greece 020 ha The forerunner was the zoo founded in the 19th century in the National Garden in Athens, which existed until the 1990s. Homepage
Zooparc Overloon 2000 Overloon Netherlands 021 ha Homepage

21st century

Zooname founding year city country Current area Special features / comments Web presence
Fundación Temaikèn 2002 Escobar , Buenos Aires Province Argentina Homepage
Shanghai Ocean Aquarium 2002 Shanghai People's Republic of China 02 ha Homepage
Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium 2002 Motobu (Okinawa) Japan Part of the Ocean Expo Park Homepage
Living Coasts 2004 Torquay Great Britain Homepage
Gaiapark 2005 Kerkrade Netherlands 15 ha officially the first zoo of the 21st century Homepage
Georgia Aquarium 2005 Atlanta United States at the opening of the world's largest aquarium Homepage
Aquarium Mare Nostrum 2007 Montpellier France Homepage
Palma Aquarium 2007 Palma Spain Deepest shark tank in Europe Homepage
South East Asia Aquarium 2013 Singapore Singapore the world's largest aquarium at the opening; Part of the Marine Life Park Homepage