Morton Arboretum
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The Morton Arboretum, in Lisle, Illinois, United States, is a public botanical garden and outdoor museum of living trees with a library, herbarium, and program in tree research through its Center for
The visitor center
A Monarch Butterfly at the Morton Arboretum
Visitor Center
Lincoln Park Zoo
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Lincoln Park Zoo, also known as Lincoln Park Zoological Gardens, is a 35-acre zoo in Lincoln Park in Chicago, Illinois. The zoo was founded in 1868 and is one of the oldest zoos in the United States.
Morton Arboretum
…begun in 1962. It is one of the largest restored prairies in the Chicago suburban area. Three dozen cuttings from the old bur oak that had been in Lincoln Park Zoo have been grafted onto rootstocks at the arboretum. The arboretum offers a nature-centered education program for children, families, school groups…
Zoo administration building
Photochrom of the bear exhibit of the Lincoln Park Zoo, c. 1897–1901
Aerial view of the zoo
School field trip to the zoo, at the Kovler Seal Pool