Elmwood Park Zoo

Zoo · Norristown, PA, USA

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The illuminated carousel at Elmwood Park Zoo’s Wild Lights at night, its canopy of bulbs lit and riders aboard, with the surrounding trees washed in magenta and purple light.

Events

Santa, Live Animal Encounters, and Two Christmas Cows

Wild Lights opens at Elmwood Park Zoo on Friday November 20 and runs ...

Aerial view of the Elmwood Park Zoo welcome center and veterinary health center with a crowd of visitors on the plaza below

Expansions

A Zoo That Closes for a Month to Get Built

Most zoos build around their visitors. In January 2026, Elmwood Park Zoo in ...

Governor Josh Shapiro and First Lady Lori Shapiro hold leafy browse up to a giraffe leaning over a wooden railing.

Expansions

Elmwood Park Zoo Shows Off Its Expansion to Gov. Shapiro

Elmwood Park Zoo drew about 119,000 visitors in 2011. It draws more than ...

A site master plan for Elmwood Park Zoo drawn over an aerial photograph, with labeled buildings and paths and a creek running the length of the grounds.

Expansions

Elmwood Park Zoo Begins Construction on State-of-the-Art Animal Hospital and Welcome Center

Elmwood Park Zoo, located in the state of Pennsylvania, has announced the start ...