NZP Renovation Program Begins

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Summary

A major renovation of the National Zoological Park begins. Plans call for larger outdoor facilities for elephants, giraffes, hippopotami, and rhinoceros, new exhibits for grizzly bears, and a new home for the lions.

Subject

National Zoological Park (U.S.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7098, "S. Dillon Ripley Chronology"

Contact information

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

Date

1973

Topic

  • Architecture
  • Repair and reconstruction
  • Exhibitions
  • Facilities and Grounds
  • Buildings
  • Buildings--Repair and reconstruction

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