Monkey Island Opens at NZP

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Summary

"Monkey Island," a new exhibit for monkeys consisting of a 25-foot high bluff of natural stone bordered on three sides by water and landscaped with pine trees and aquatic plants and home to Barbary macaques, opens at the National Zoological Park.

Subject

  • Monkey Island (NZP)
  • National Zoological Park (U.S.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 4, "The Torch," April 1983, p. 3.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

April 1, 1983

Topic

  • Zoos
  • Exhibit openings
  • Exhibitions
  • Monkeys

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