In what mode will the Moscow Zoo operate from June 16

Opening hours

Winter schedule:

daily, from 9-00 to 17-00, ticket offices open until 16-00

Summer schedule:

from April 1 - daily, from 9-00 to 20-00 (ticket office until 19-00)
from May 1 to August 31 - daily, from 7-30 to 20-00 (pavilions open at 9-00, ticket offices open until 19-00)

The opening hours depend on the length of daylight hours: in winter, the opening hours of the Moscow Zoo are reduced. Accurate information is published on the main page of the official website of the zoo.

Demonstration feedings

In addition to viewing the main exhibition of animals, zoo visitors can see demonstration feedings.

Demonstration feedings are an opportunity to become more familiar with the habits of animals, because it is during feedings (the hours of which animals remember well) that they are most active. In addition, for some of them feeding is associated with play.

At the Moscow Zoo you can see demonstration feedings of jackals, two-toed sloths, jungle cats, otters, beavers and martens, mongooses, northern fur seals, gray seals, pink pelicans, as well as amphibians, which are held on a scheduled basis in the summer.

Ticket prices

Zoo ticket prices for adults in 2021:

weekdays - 600 rubles
weekends and holidays - 800 rubles

Tickets can be purchased both at the box office and online on the official website. Electronic tickets are sold only the next day, there are no same-day sales. On the day of your visit, the electronic ticket must be exchanged for an entrance ticket at the box office.

Free entry:

children up to 17 years old inclusive (from 14 years old with presentation of a passport)
pensioners
full-time students of educational institutions of primary, secondary and higher levels
disabled people
conscripts
combatants
families with three or more children

Preferential categories of visitors must obtain a free ticket at the box office to enter the territory.

The following exhibitions are paid separately:

“The Amazing World of Reptiles” - 300 rubles
"Exotarium" - 200 rubles
Greenhouse, tropical butterflies, amphibians - 300 rubles
“Arachnolandia” - 300 rubles

Pony ride - 300 rubles.

Official website: moscowzoo.ru

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Arachnolandia

The Arachnolandia pavilion, located on the old territory of the Moscow Zoo, presents visitors with an extensive collection of arthropods - not only spiders, as the name suggests, but also scorpions, centipedes, phrynes and mantises.

Arachnolandia presents about 60 species of arthropods: the exhibition is one of the largest in Europe! In the terrariums you can see karakurts, tarantula spiders, goliath spiders (the largest species of spiders in the world), house spiders and harvestmen, wasp-shaped argiope, jumping spiders, giant and imperial scorpions, phrynes, centipedes, mantises and other curious inhabitants.

Visiting the pavilion is possible accompanied by a guide and is carried out in sessions.

History of the Moscow Zoo

The Moscow Zoo was founded in 1864 by the Russian Imperial Society for the Acclimatization of Animals and Plants, and is one of the oldest zoos in Europe.

The Moscow Zoological Garden has gone through many difficult times - destruction as a result of revolutionary battles of the early 20th century, difficult post-revolutionary years, bombings of the Great Patriotic War, lack of funding.

Today, the main zoo in Russia occupies an area of 21.4 hectares and houses about 5,000 animals of 1,132 species. The zoo is gradually being repaired and reconstructed, new pavilions and exhibitions are opening, and the collection of animals is regularly replenished with new species.

Plans for the future include equipping all enclosures with video cameras for round-the-clock online broadcasts, reconstruction of the crossing bridge, construction of a new China pavilion, and vending machines with healthy animal feed. A mobile audio guide application with the voice of Nikolai Drozdov and an interactive map is being developed.

Primates

The Primates Pavilion, also known among visitors as the Monkey House, is one of the largest pavilions at the Moscow Zoo, housing about 30 species of primates.

In the exhibition you can see both very small monkeys - marmosets, tamarins and others, as well as larger ones. The greatest interest among visitors is caused by great apes: orangutans, gibbons and gorillas, to which an entire wing of the pavilion is allocated. In the basement of the pavilion, where twilight reigns during the day, you can see the nocturnal prosimians loris and galagos.

Among other things, information stands contain a large amount of information about our closest relatives.

What to see

You can start your tour of the Moscow Zoo from the Old Territory. Main entrance:

A variety of waterfowl found refuge on the large Presnensky pond. Pink flamingos strut in the shallow waters off the shore:

White tigers and jaguars live near the pond in the “Cats of the Tropics” pavilion. And this is what visitors look like from the cheetah’s side:

Samson the giraffe, which enjoys special attention and love from visitors, lives in an old stone pavilion built back in 1892. On the second floor of the Giraffe House there is the recently opened Zoo History Museum.

It's great when you can watch animals without iron bars. Muskox posing for a photo:

Says hello to you:

Funny raccoons:

In the Bird House you can see penguins, a variety of parrots and this wonderful sloth:

A large 600-kilogram eared sea lion seal in the Pinniped Pool:

Three Asian elephants live in a comfortable Elephant House with a shower, fountain, swimming pool, and outdoor walking area.

Semi-dark exhibition “Night World” with small nocturnal animals:

The amazing world of reptiles:

Wolves:

In this corner to the right of the Main Entrance is the fauna of South America: llamas, vicuñas, guanacos, alpacas, large capybara rodents.

On the Old Territory of the Zoo in Moscow there is also a Pony Riding Circle, Arachnolandia - Land of Spiders, Pheasant Farm, enclosures for spectacled bears, tapirs, wildebeests and snow goats, medium-sized cats - leopards and snow leopards, a rock of birds of prey, an exhibition of amphibians, a greenhouse, an exposition “Fauna of Russia”, ostriches, cranes, storks, cassowaries.

You can cross from the Old to the New territory via a transition bridge. In the New Territory there are also ponds - large and small, where pelicans live.

There are always crowds around polar bears:

In the center of the New Territory of the Moscow Zoo stands the Island of Animals. Along its perimeter are Asiatic lions, polar wolves, Amur tigers, Himalayan bears, brown bears, striped hyenas and common jackals. They were all asleep and didn’t want to pose for photos.

The upper part of the Island of Animals is occupied by the Exotarium - an exhibition with marine aquariums and beautiful fish.

A visit to this pavilion is paid separately; the ticket costs 150 rubles. The Exotarium's opening hours are from Tuesday to Sunday, opening at 11-00, closing one hour before the zoo closes.

Turya hill. Magnificent horns of the horned goat:

Camel and visitors:

Exhibition “Animals of the African Savanna” with a walking field for giraffes, zebras, antelopes and ostriches. Nearby is a meerkat family:

Ring-tailed lemur:

About 30 species of monkeys live in the Primate House.

Charming orangutan:

A family of gorillas led by a charismatic male:

Gorilla Kira and her daughter, born July 22, 2021:

Also on the New Territory there is a pavilion with butterflies and insects, otters, harsa, wolverines, a terrarium with turtles, crocodiles, snakes and iguanas, and a stable.

Walk through the New Territory

Young visitors really enjoy the children's playground. This is the name of the part of the zoo in which animals - heroes of folk tales - live. Here kids are shown seven little goats, a fox, a crane, a real incubator and newly hatched chickens. If the weather is good and there is no rain, a small petting zoo is opened on the playground from 12:00 to 14:00.

The new territory sheltered typical inhabitants of the African savannah - zebra and black antelope. Near the enclosures with African ungulates live families of meerkats, several tiny dik-dik antelopes and long-legged ostriches. Nearby is the “Island of Animals”, which is home to lions, tigers, bears and roaches.

Giraffe

The new part of the zoo houses a terrarium, an insectarium and an exotarium, as well as enclosures with mountain goats, deer, camels and animals from the polar regions. There is also a monkey barn called the “House of Primates.” In winter, all monkeys are moved to warm rooms, and in summer they frolic in open enclosures.

The large pond is home to several species of waterfowl. Standing on its shore, children can watch nimble goldeneyes, graceful black-necked swans, white geese and large-billed pelicans. Near the pond you can always see cormorants drying their wings.

Zebras

What else is there at the zoo?

For the convenience of visitors:

Mother and child room
Medical Center
Souvenir shops
Kiosks with fast food and ice cream, cafes
Free Wi-Fi

Throughout the year, the zoo on Barrikadnaya hosts holidays - New Year, “Zoo Birthday”, “Tiger Day”, “Bird Day”, “Earth Day”. Excursions and demonstration feedings are conducted. The following projects are working:

Club of young biologists
Children's art studio
Children's biological club "Manulata"
Children's theater "Tick-tock"
Lecture hall
Project "Zoo Readings"

Turya Gorka

Turya Gorka is another artificial mountain, similar to the Rock of Birds of Prey, but with fundamentally different inhabitants: mountain ungulates live here.

Gradually narrowing towards the top, the hill is replete with ledges and caves, among which you can see marking goats and Dagestan aurochs. It is especially interesting to watch the males: when they clash their horns, they often engage in ritual fights, and on steep slopes this looks truly spectacular.

Comments (23)

Daria
05/03/2017 at 11:08 |
please tell me how can I buy tickets online?
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Tatiana (admin)
05/03/2017 at 16:08 |
Daria, unfortunately, the online service for purchasing tickets on the official website of the zoo is temporarily not working.
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Alexei
05/30/2017 at 16:01 |
Everything is working. The only thing is that you can’t buy a ticket the same day, only for a future date https://tickets.moscowzoo.ru/ru/
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Irina

05/12/2017 at 21:29 |

And in case of loss of a breadwinner, children are admitted free of charge. And mom too

Beka

05/23/2017 at 03:01 |

The Moscow Zoo is kind of boring, the animals are either sleeping or not, they have to be pulled not one at a time, but several times

Alexei

05/30/2017 at 16:05 |

Come early and you will see everything. The 3-park is not a menagerie or a circus; the animals there are not specifically sent out to visitors. In the first half of the day, animals are more active, so you can see everything without problems.

Sarik

05/23/2017 at 03:13 |

In Moscow, the entrance fee to the zoo is 500 rubles, but you shouldn’t go there, it’s boring, you can’t see the animals at all, they’re sleeping somewhere…….

Alexei

05/30/2017 at 16:03 |

Come early and you'll see everyone. The zoo is not a menagerie or a circus; animals are not sent there specifically to visitors. In the first half of the day the animals are more active, so you can see them all without any problems.

Alexei

05/28/2017 at 15:14 |

“Preferential categories of visitors do not need tickets - they can enter the territory by presenting a document at the entrance confirming their right to the benefit.”

Preferential categories need to get a free ticket at the zoo ticket office

Alina

05/30/2017 at 11:59 |

What document???!About the student is provided???!

Alexey

05/30/2017 at 15:57 |

If the child shows that he is a minor, then a free ticket at the box office will be given without any document. But nevertheless, you will need to get a free ticket.

Elena

06/03/2017 at 11:51 |

Hello. Will a certificate for a large family be the basis for a free visit to the zoo?

Julia

06/08/2017 at 18:01 |

Judging by the information, large families have free admission on any day??? In St. Petersburg because they just did the first Saturday. I hope it doesn’t matter where a family with many children comes from: St. Petersburg or Moscow?? We just want to come

Natalia

07/05/2017 at 20:04 |

Students only need to present their student ID. ticket?

Andrey

07/23/2017 at 23:47 |

Thanks for the informative article and great photos. It’s like being in a zoo)) But the question arose: what’s the smell like? Usually in zoos it’s not very good... Is it specific here or is it still tolerable? I’m just planning to go with my child, I don’t really want to disappoint him.

Tatiana (admin)

07/24/2017 at 11:41 |

In some places there is no smell at all, in others there is very little smell. The only thing in the elephant barn, since it is an enclosed space, is that it smells.

Catherine

07/27/2017 at 19:02 |

For the loss of a breadwinner, is mom free? The child is 5 years old. What document is needed?

Tatiana (admin)

07.27.2017 at 20:38 |

On the official website of the zoo, the list of beneficiaries does not include “survivorship”. The child will go for free.

Yuri

09.12.2019 at 18:31 |

I was at the zoo today and was amazed where the animals went; 80% of the cages in the new territory are empty. There are several polar bears in your photo, but today there was 1. The unfortunate elephant (one, not 3 as you write) was indoors and walking on the concrete floor. Previously, as I remember, the elephant was in the fresh air, he walked on the ground and he had a pool. The reservoirs are dirty. Yes, the Moscow Zoo has lost its face, but tickets cost 500 rubles. I won't go there again.

Iza

05/28/2020 at 20:39 |

Is the zoo open on June 1st? Tickets can be purchased online or sold only at the box office

ELENA

06/30/2020 at 20:45 |

Can you buy tickets at the box office or only online, are the box office open now?

Svetlana

07/10/2020 at 20:49 |

Tell me, is it still necessary to take a free ticket at the box office if you are a pensioner?? Or can I use my social card?

Munya

07/27/2020 at 15:18 |

Hello, please tell me how much does a ticket for children cost? Children age 9 years..

Terrarium

The Moscow Zoo Terrarium is a fairly large pavilion that displays a large collection of large reptiles: crocodiles, snakes, and turtles.

The largest specimens usually attract the greatest interest from visitors: the reticulated python (a large snake that can reach a maximum length of 12 meters), the Madagascar boa constrictor, the Mississippi alligator, the snout-snouted crocodile and the gharial crocodile. The Mississippi alligator named Saturn deserves special attention - he is more than 80 years old, during his life he managed to live in the Berlin (before the Second World War) and London (where he was delivered as a trophy) zoos, and in 1946 he was donated to the Moscow Zoo, where he still lives.

The Terrarium has earned particular love from young zoo visitors: children look at the reptiles with interest and animatedly argue whether the crocodiles on display are alive or just stuffed animals. The fact is that crocodiles lead a sedentary lifestyle, and you can spend a long time watching them and not notice a single movement.

In the outdoor enclosures of the Terrarium you can see giant land turtles.