Visit the Virginia Zoo Animals Today!Blast into the Virginia Zoo’s Past: Celebrating 125 Wild Years – Virginia Zoo

Visit the Virginia Zoo Animals Today!Blast into the Virginia Zoo’s Past: Celebrating 125 Wild Years – Virginia Zoo

In 1892, the City of Norfolk purchased 65 acres of land which were officially designated as Lafayette Park in 1899. Throughout 1900, Lafayette Park began to bring in mammals, birds, and reptiles to exhibit. In 1901, Lafayette Park became the Lafayette Zoological Park and housed over 200 individual animals. Today, the area is now known as Virginia Zoo and spans 53 acres adjacent to Lafayette Park, housing over 700 individual animals representing …