Connect with the Philadelphia Zoo while visiting and from
home using the new Philadelphia Zoo Smartphone application. The Zoo’s application offers tools to enhance your experience before, during and after your trip - all in the palm of your hand. Before your visit, find useful information such as daily schedules and current parking status. While at the Zoo, discover fun details about animals with full color pictures to help you identify specific species. The Philadelphia Zoo application provides all the means to ensure an entertaining and educational visit, as well as up-to-date information on the Zoo’s latest events!
Find general information when planning a trip, like ticketing prices and hours, parking and daily scheduled activities and membership information. Once at the Zoo, you can easily find refreshment stands, souvenir shops and ride schedules with the app, along with its GPS-enabled Zoo map to customize your visit and see your favorite attractions. Learn more about your favorite animals through profiles of the Zoo’s residents, and keep in touch with the Zoo after your visit through the “What’s New” section and live Twitter and Facebook feed. Enhance your trip to America’s First Zoo with a smartphone application that keeps you in the loop!
Some of the Application’s Key Features include:
- A GPS enabled map displaying your location and a "click through"
feature allowing you to learn where you are and what’s around you.
- The Today button features a continually updated list of Meet the Keeper Talks, presentations and activities, allowing you to pre-plan your visit.
- The application’s More section includes a live Twitter stream (twitter.com/phillyzoo and Facebook stream (facebook.com/philadelphiazoo). This section also includes frequently updated Philadelphia Zoo news including new animal arrivals and birth announcements, upcoming special events, and much more.
- The Animals button provides information, photos, names and facts about Philadelphia Zoo animals.
- The Home page will keep you informed with up-to-the-minute information regarding parking availability at the Philadelphia Zoo’s lots.
The application, designed in collaboration with Invictus Mobile Media is available now for download at the iTunes App Store and Verizon Media Store. Search for "Philadelphia Zoo" to download.