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SIA Timeline Event Body:
The National Zoological Park officially opens to the public in the valley of Rock Creek, dedicated to education, conservation, and recreation. More - https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_sic_138.
Timeline Event Date:
Thursday, April 30, 1891
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Timeline Event Image Caption:
Secretary Samuel P. Langley with others survey the grounds of the newly established National Zoological Park. Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 35, Folder 3.