AZA Zoo List 2024 | List of AZA Accredited, Certified Members

AZA Zoo List 2023 having names of AZA Accredited and Certified Members is available online at www.aza.org. As of March, 2023 there are currently 238 AZA-accredited institutions and 15 AZA-certified related facilities. Please see the complete list of AZA institutional members organized by location. You can also find name of nearby zoo or aquarium in […]

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AZA Zoo List 2023

ALABAMA

Birmingham Zoo, Birmingham [Accredited through March 2028]

ALASKA

Alaska SeaLife Center, Seward [Accredited through September 2027]

ARIZONA

Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson [Accredited through March 2026]
OdySea Aquarium, Scottsdale [Accredited through March 2024]
Phoenix Zoo, The, Phoenix [Accredited through March 2028]
Reid Park Zoo, Tucson [Accredited through March 2025]
SEA LIFE Arizona Aquarium, Tempe [Accredited through March 2027]

ARKANSAS

Little Rock Zoological Gardens, Little Rock [Accredited through September 2027]

CALIFORNIA

Aquarium of the Bay, San Francisco [Accredited through March 2028]
Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach [Accredited through March 2026]
B. Bryan Preserve, Point Arena [Certified Related Faciity] [Certified through September 2023]
Birch Aquarium at Scripps, La Jolla [Accredited through March 2025]
Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, San Pedro [Accredited through March 2027]
California Science Center, Los Angeles [Accredited through March 2027 (also accredited by the American Alliance of Museums)]
Charles Paddock Zoo, Atascadero [Accredited through March 2025]
CuriOdyssey, San Mateo [Accredited through March 2027]
Fresno Chaffee Zoo, Fresno [Accredited through March 2027]
Happy Hollow Zoo, San Jose [Accredited through March 2027]
The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, Palm Desert [Accredited through March 2025]
Los Angeles Zoo, Los Angeles [Accredited through March 2028]
Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey [Accredited through March 2028]
Oakland Zoo, Oakland [Accredited through March 2024]
Sacramento Zoo, Sacramento [Accredited through March 2024]
San Diego Zoo, San Diego [Accredited through March 2026 (also accredited by the American Alliance of Museums)]
San Diego Zoo Safari Park, Escondido [Accredited through March 2026 (also accredited by the American Alliance of Museums)]
San Francisco Zoological Gardens, San Francisco [Accredited through March 2027]
Santa Barbara Zoological Gardens, Santa Barbara [Accredited through March 2026]
SEA LIFE Aquarium at LEGOLAND California Resort, Carlsbad [Accredited through March 2028]
SeaWorld San Diego, San Diego [Accredited through March 2026]
Sequoia Park Zoo, Eureka [Accredited through September 2026]
Steinhart Aquarium, San Francisco [Accredited through March 2026]
Turtle Conservancy, Ojai [Certified Related Facility] [Certified through March 2027]

COLORADO

Butterfly Pavilion, Westminster [Accredited through March 2026]
Cheyenne Mountain Zoological Park, Colorado Springs [Accredited through September 2026]
Colorado Wolf & Wildlife Center, Divide [Certified Related Facility] [Certified through September 2023]
Denver Zoological Gardens, Denver [Accredited through September 2023]
Landry’s Downtown Denver Aquarium – Denver [Accredited through March 2026]
Pueblo Zoo, Pueblo [Accredited through September 2023]

CONNECTICUT

Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo, Bridgeport [Accredited through September 2024]
Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, Inc., Norwalk [Accredited through March 2024]
Mystic Aquarium, Mystic [Accredited through September 2026]

DELAWARE

Brandywine Zoo, Wilmington [Accredited through September 2027]

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Washington [Accredited through September 2024]

FLORIDA

Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum, Sanibel [Accredited through March 2028 (also accredited by the American Alliance of Museums)]
Brevard Zoo, Melbourne [Accredited through March 2024]
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, Tampa [Accredited through March 2027]
Central Florida Zoological Park, Sanford [Accredited through March 2027]
Discovery Cove, Orlando [Accredited through March 2026]
Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Orlando [Accredited through March 2026]
Florida Aquarium, The, Tampa [Accredited through March 2025]
Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens, Jacksonville [Accredited through March 2026]
Lemur Conservation Foundation, Myakka City [Certified Related Facility] [Certified through March 2027]
Lion Country Safari, Loxahatchee [Accredited through March 2027]
Lubee Bat Conservancy, Gainesville [Certified Related Facility] [Certified through March 2026]
Marineland, St. Augustine [Accredited through March 2027]
Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium, Sarasota [Accredited through March 2024]
Naples Zoo, Naples [Accredited through March 2027]
Natural Encounters, Inc., Winter Haven [Certified Related Facility] [Certified through March 2025]
Palm Beach Zoo at Dreher Park, West Palm Beach [Accredited through March 2028]
Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo, Gainesville [Accredited through September 2026]
SEA LIFE Orlando Aquarium, Orlando [Accredited through September 2023]
Seas, The, Orlando [Accredited through March 2025]
SeaWorld Orlando, Orlando [Accredited through March 2026]
St. Augustine Alligator Farm, St. Augustine [Accredited through September 2026]
White Oak Conservation Center, Yulee [Certified Related Facility] [Certified through March 2024]
Zoo Miami, Miami [Accredited through March 2026]
ZooTampa at Lowry Park, Tampa [Accredited through March 2026]

GEORGIA

Zoo Atlanta, Atlanta [Accredited through March 2026]
Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta [Accredited through March 2024]

HAWAII

Honolulu Zoo, Honolulu [Accredited through March 2025]

IDAHO

Idaho Falls Zoo at Tautphaus Park, Idaho Falls [Accredited through September 2025]
Zoo Boise, Boise [Accredited through September 2023]

ILLINOIS

Chicago Zoological Society – Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield [Accredited through September 2023]
Cosley Zoo, Wheaton [Accredited through September 2026]
John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago [Accredited through March 2024]
Lincoln Park Zoological Gardens, Chicago [Accredited through September 2023]
Miller Park Zoo, Bloomington [Accredited through September 2023]
Peoria Zoo, Peoria [Accredited through September 2023]
Scovill Zoo, Decatur [Accredited through September 2027]

INDIANA

Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo, Fort Wayne [Accredited through September 2024]
Indianapolis Zoological Society, Inc., Indianapolis [Accredited through September 2026 (also accredited by the American Alliance of Museums)]
Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden, Inc., Evansville [Accredited through September 2023]
Potawatomi Zoo, South Bend [Accredited through September 2025]

IOWA

Ape Cognition and Conservation Initiative, Des Moines [Certified Related Facility] [Certified through September 2024]
Blank Park Zoo, Des Moines [Accredited through September 2024]
National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium, Dubuque [Accredited Through March 2025 (also accredited by the American Alliance of Museums)]

KANSAS

David Traylor Zoo of Emporia, Emporia [Accredited through September 2027]
Hutchinson Zoo, Hutchinson [Accredited through September 2024]
Lee Richardson Zoo, Garden City [Accredited through September 2027]
Rolling Hills Zoo, Salina [Accredited through September 2026]
Sedgwick County Zoo, Wichita [Accredited through September 2025]
Sunset Zoological Park, Manhattan [Accredited through September 2025]
Topeka Zoo and Conservation Center, Topeka [Accredited through September 2023]

KENTUCKY

Louisville Zoological Garden, Louisville [Accredited through March 2024 (also accredited by the American Alliance of Museums)]
Newport Aquarium, Newport [Accredited through March 2025]

LOUISIANA

Alexandria Zoological Park, Alexandria [Accredited through March 2024]
Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, New Orleans [Accredited through March 2025]
Audubon Zoo, New Orleans [Accredited through March 2024]
Freeport-McMoRan Audubon Species Survival Center, La. [Certified Related Facility] [Certified through March 2025]
Pinola Conservancy, La. [Certified Related Facility] [Certified through March 2024]

MARYLAND

Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, Baltimore [Accredited through September 2023]
National Aquarium, Baltimore [Accredited through March 2028]

MASSACHUSETTS

Buttonwood Park Zoo, New Bedford [Accredited through September 2024]
Capron Park Zoo, Attleboro [Accredited through September 2027]
Franklin Park Zoo, Boston [Accredited through September 2025]
Museum of Science, Boston [Accredited through March 2025 (also accredited by the American Alliance of Museums)]
New England Aquarium, Boston [Accredited through March 2027 (also accredited by the American Alliance of Museums)]
Walter D. Stone Memorial Zoo, Stoneham [Accredited through September 2025]

MICHIGAN

Binder Park Zoo, Battle Creek [Accredited through September 2025]
Detroit Zoological Park, Royal Oak [Accredited through September 2027]
John Ball Zoological Gardens, Grand Rapids [Accredited through September 2026]
Potter Park Zoological Gardens, Lansing [Accredited through September 2023]
Saginaw Children’s Zoo, Saginaw [Accredited through September 2025]
SEA LIFE Michigan Aquarium, Auburn Hills [Accredited through March 2028]

MINNESOTA

Como Park Zoo and Conservatory, St Paul [Accredited through September 2026]
Lake Superior Zoo, Duluth [Accredited through September 2027]
Minnesota Zoological Garden, Apple Valley [Accredited through September 2023]

MISSOURI

The Butterfly House, Chesterfield [Accredited through March 2025]
Dickerson Park Zoo, Springfield [Accredited through September 2023]
Endangered Wolf Center, Eureka [Certified Related Facility] [Certified through September 2027]
Kansas City Zoo, Kansas City [Accredited through September 2026]
Saint Louis Zoo, St. Louis [Accredited through September 2025]
SEA LIFE Kansas City Aquarium, Kansas City [Accredited through March 2025]
Wonders of Wildlife, Springfield [Accredited through March 2028]

MONTANA

Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center, West Yellowstone [Accredited through September 2027]
ZooMontana, Billings [Accredited through September 2025]

NEBRASKA

Lee G. Simmons Conservation Park & Wildlife Safari, Ashland [Accredited through September 2026]
Lincoln Children’s Zoo, Lincoln [Accredited through September 2027]
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium, Omaha [Accredited through September 2024]
Riverside Discovery Center, Scottsbluff [Accredited through September 2023]

NEVADA

Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas [Accredited through March 2028]

NEW JERSEY

Adventure Aquarium, Camden [Accredited through March 2025]
Bergen County Zoological Park, Paramus [Accredited through September 2023]
Cape May County Park Zoo, Cape May Court House [Accredited through September 2023]
Jenkinson’s Aquarium, Point Pleasant Beach [Accredited through March 2024]
Turtle Back Zoo, West Orange [Accredited through September 2027]

NEW MEXICO

Albuquerque Biological Park, Albuquerque [Accredited through September 2026]
Living Desert Zoo & Gardens State Park, Carlsbad [Accredited through March 2023]

NEW YORK

Aquarium of Niagara, Niagara Falls [Accredited through March 2025]
Bronx Zoo/WCS, Bronx [Accredited through September 2024]
Buffalo Zoo, Buffalo [Accredited through September 2027]
Central Park Zoo, New York [Accredited through September 2025]
New York Aquarium, Brooklyn [Accredited through September 2024]
Prospect Park Zoo, Brooklyn [Accredited through September 2025]
Queens Zoo, Queens [Accredited through September 2025]
Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park, Syracuse [Accredited through September 2024]
Seneca Park Zoo, Rochester [Accredited through September 2024]
Staten Island Zoo, Staten Island [Accredited through September 2025]
Trevor Zoo, Millbrook [Accredited through September 2027]
Utica Zoo, Utica [Accredited through September 2024]

NORTH CAROLINA

Duke University Lemur Center, Durham [Certified Related Facility] [Certified through March 2028]
Greensboro Science Center, Greensboro [Accredited through September 2024 (also accredited by the American Alliance of Museums)]
Museum of Life and Science, Durham [Accredited through March 2027]
North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher, Kure Beach [Accredited through March 2028]
North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores, Pine Knoll Shores [Accredited through March 2028]
North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island, Manteo [Accredited through March 2028]
North Carolina Zoo, Asheboro [Accredited through September 2026]
SEA LIFE Charlotte-Concord Aquarium, Concord [Accredited through September 2026]
Western North Carolina Nature Center, Asheville [Accredited through September 2026]

NORTH DAKOTA

Dakota Zoo, Bismarck [Accredited through September 2023]
Red River Zoo, Fargo [Accredited through September 2027]
Roosevelt Park Zoo, Minot [Accredited through September 2025]

OHIO

Akron Zoological Park, Akron [Accredited through September 2026]
Boonshoft Museum of Discovery, Dayton [Accredited through March 2027 (also accredited by the American Alliance of Museums)]
Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, Cincinnati [Accredited through September 2025 (also accredited by the American Alliance of Museums)]
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Cleveland [Accredited through September 2025]
Columbus Zoo & Aquarium, Powell [Accredited through September 2028]
Toledo Zoological Gardens, Toledo [Accredited through September 2023]
Wilds, The, Cumberland [Accredited through September 2027]

OKLAHOMA

Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden, Oklahoma City [Accredited through September 2024 (also accredited by the American Alliance of Museums)]
Tulsa Zoo, Tulsa [Accredited through September 2023]

OREGON

Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport [Accredited through March 2027]
Oregon Zoo, Portland [Accredited through September 2026]
Wildlife Safari, Winston [Accredited through September 2026]

PENNSYLVANIA

Clyde Peeling’s Reptiland, Allenwood [Accredited through September 2024]
Elmwood Park Zoo, Norristown [Accredited through September 2027]
Lehigh Valley Zoo, Schnecksville [Accredited through September 2026]
National Aviary, Pittsburgh [Accredited through September 2026]
Philadelphia Zoo, Philadelphia [Accredited through September 2025]
Wilderness Wildlife Center, Pittsburgh [Certifed Related Facility] [Certified through September 2027]
ZOOAMERICA NA Wildlife Park, Hershey [Accredited through September 2026]

RHODE ISLAND

Roger Williams Park Zoo, Providence [Accredited through September 2023]

SOUTH CAROLINA

Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet [Accredited through September 2024 (also accredited by the American Alliance of Museums)]
Greenville Zoo, Greenville [Accredited through September 2024]
Ripley’s Aquarium of Myrtle Beach, Myrtle Beach [Accredited through March 2027]
Riverbanks Zoo and Garden, Columbia [Accredited through September 2026]
South Carolina Aquarium, Charleston [Accredited through March 2028]
Turtle Survival Center, Charleston [Certified Related Facility] [Certified through March 2025]

SOUTH DAKOTA

Bramble Park Zoo, Watertown [Accredited through September 2024]
Great Plains Zoo and Delbridge Museum of Natural History, Sioux Falls [Accredited through September 2027]

TENNESSEE

Chattanooga Zoo at Warner Park, Chattanooga [Accredited through September 2024]
Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, Hohenwald [Certified Related Facility] [Certified through September 2023]
Memphis Zoological Garden and Aquarium, Memphis [Accredited through March 2025]
Nashville Zoo, Nashville [Accredited through March 2025]
Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies, Gatlinburg [Accredited through March 2024]
Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga [Accredited through March 2025]
Zoo Knoxville, Knoxville [Accredited through March 2026]

TEXAS

Abilene Zoological Gardens, Abilene [Accredited through March 2024]
Baylor University Bear Habitat, Waco [Accredited through September 2026]
Caldwell Zoo, Tyler [Accredited through March 2026]
Cameron Park Zoo, Waco [Accredited through March 2027]
Dallas World Aquarium, Dallas [Accredited through March 2024]
Dallas Zoo, Dallas [Accredited through March 2028]
El Paso Zoo, El Paso [Accredited through March 2024]
Ellen Trout Zoo, Lufkin [Accredited through March 2024]
Fort Worth Zoo, Fort Worth [Accredited through March 2024]
Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, Glen Rose [Accredited through March 2025]
Gladys Porter Zoo, Brownsville [Accredited through March 2024]
Houston Zoo, Inc. Houston [Accredited through March 2024]
Landry’s Houston Aquarium, Inc., Houston [Accredited through March 2026]
Moody Gardens Rainforest and Aquarium, Galveston [Accredited through March 2024]
San Antonio Zoological Society, San Antonio [Accredited through March 2024]
SEA LIFE Grapevine Aquarium, Grapevine [Accredited through March 2026]
SeaWorld San Antonio, San Antonio [Accredited through March 2028]
Texas State Aquarium, Corpus Christi [Accredited through March 2027]

UTAH

Loveland Living Planet Aquarium, Draper [Accredited through March 2025]
Tracy Aviary, Salt Lake City [Accredited through September 2025]
Utah’s Hogle Zoo, Salt Lake City [Accredited through September 2025]

VIRGINIA

Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center, Virginia Beach [Accredited through March 2028]
Virginia Living Museum, Newport News [Accredited Through March 2024 (also accredited by the American Alliance of Museums)]
Virginia Zoological Park, Norfolk [Accredited through September 2024]

WASHINGTON

Northwest Trek Wildlife Park, Eatonville [Accredited through September 2027]
Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium, Tacoma [Accredited through September 2023]
Seattle Aquarium, Seattle [Accredited through March 2024]
Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle [Accredited through September 2025]

WEST VIRGINIA

Oglebay’s Good Zoo, Wheeling [Accredited through September 2024]

WISCONSIN

Henry Vilas Zoo, Madison [Accredited through September 2024]
International Crane Foundation, Baraboo [Accredited through September 2024]
Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens, Milwaukee [Accredited through September 2024]
Northeastern Wisconsin (NEW) Zoo, Green Bay [Accredited through September 2023]
Racine Zoo, Racine [Accredited through September 2023]

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AZA Zoo List 2023 | List of AZA Accredited and Certified Members