Audubon Zoo is an American zoo located in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is part of the Audubon Nature Institute which also manages Audubon Aquarium, Audubon Louisiana Nature Center, Freeport-McMoran Species Survival Center, Audubon Park, and Audubon Coastal Wildlife Network. It covers 58 acres (23 ha) and is home to over 2,000 animals. It is located in a section of Audubon Park in Uptown New Orleans, on the Mississippi River side of Magazine Street. The zoo and park are named in honor of artist and naturalist John James Audubon who lived in New Orleans starting in 1821.
Main Entrance
Odenheimer Sea Lion Pool, 1924
WPA work on Monkey Island, 1936
Entrance to zoo parking on Magazine Street
The Audubon Nature Institute is a family of museums and parks dedicated to nature based in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The Audubon Nature Institute manages many museums and parks around the New Orleans area.
View of a part of Audubon Park with period-specific housing in the background.
WPA erected "Monkey Island" with rhesus monkeys at the Audubon Zoo.
Inside a tunnel that passes through one of the aquariums at the Audubon Aquarium.