Monday, February 18, 2013 Wild Winter Week at 10:30am & 12:30pm Cost: Free with zoo admission Have a hootin’ & a howlin’ time during Winter Vacation Week!  Each day will feature new special themed activities each day to keep your little critters busy.  Monday is the Toe Jam Puppet Band! 10:00am-2:00pm: Penguin Shapes Craft in the Education Building 10:00am: Bison and Deer Enrichment 10:30am:Toe...

Update February 17, 2013:  The Zoo will be closed on Sunday, February 17, 2013.  Please check back here, Like Buttonwood Park Zoo, or Follow BPZoo on Twitter to keep up to date on the latest zoo news.

There will be no Toe Jam Puppet Band on Monday, February 11.  The band will return to the Zoo on Monday, February 18, 2013.

Update February 10, 2013:  The Zoo will be closed on Monday, February 11, 2013.   There will be no Toe Jam Puppet Band shows on Monday.  Toe Jam will return to the Zoo on Monday, February 18,  for our Wild Winter Week.  Please check back here, Like Buttonwood Park Zoo, or Follow BPZoo on Twitter to keep up to date on the latest zoo news.   Update February 9, 2013:  The Zoo will be closed on Sunday,...

Join us in February for these fun events and programs.  Planning a visit to the Zoo?  Visit our Calendar Page to find out what’s happening at the Zoo! Toe Jam Puppet Band Every Monday in February at 10:30am & 12:30pm Cost: Zoo admission + $5/family Sing, dance and play the hour away with New Bedford’s favorite, the Toe Jam Puppet Band! Toddler Tales Every Thursday at 10:30am Cost: Free with zoo...

January 8 to February 15, 2013 Junior Duck Stamp Art Exhibit • all day Cost: Free with zoo admission Stop by the education center and see some of the state winners of the 2012 Junior Duck Stamp program.

Proudly Sponsored By Baker Books The Buttonwood Park Zoological Society invites students in grades 4, 5, and 6 to write a poem about birds at the Zoo. Animals include: American   Bald Eagle, American Oyster Catcher, Wild Turkey, Chicken, Eastern Screech Owl, and Turkey Vulture. Poems can address any aspect of the animal, for example: how it looks, acts, sounds or why it is important to the environment, or...