Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo

Address: 1875 Noble Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06610 

Website: beardsleyzoo.org
Contact: 203.394.6565

Get your ticket to adventure! Connecticut’s only zoo, celebrating its 101st year, features 350 animals representing primarily North and South American and Northern Asian species. Guests won’t want to miss our Amur tiger and leopards, maned wolves, Mexican gray wolves, and red wolves. Other highlights include our new Andean Bear Habitat, Spider Monkey Habitat, the Rainforest Building, the prairie dog exhibit, and the Pampas Plain with Giant anteaters and Chacoan peccaries. Guests can ride on the carousel, grab a bite from the Peacock Café and eat in the Picnic Grove. Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo is a non-profit organization approaching its 101st year at a time when the mission of helping fragile wildlife populations and ecosystems is more important than ever.

Bridgeport Art Trail 2023 Schedule

Thursday, November 9 - Sunday, November 12
Glow Wild Lantern Festival through December 2, 2023 / 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Journey through a wonderland of illuminated larger-than-life lanterns inspired by our wild world. The festival will showcase more than 50 large-scale illuminated displays, featuring hundreds of beautiful individual and interactive lanterns