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Palo Alto, CA 94301
Telephone:
Phone: 650-463-4952
Fax: 650-321-5612
Hours:
Mon-Fri 8:30-5:30pm

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1313 Newell Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: 650-329-2227
Fax: 650-326-6165

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4000 Middlefield Road, T2
Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: 650-329-2375
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3201 E. Bayshore Road, MSC-A
Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: 650-496-6962
Fax: 650-493-6312

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Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: 650-463-4900
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City of Palo Alto
Junior Museum & Zoo
www.cityofpaloalto.org/depts/csd/activities_and_recreation/attractions/junior_museum  
Contact:
Ines Thissen   
Director:  
John Aikin   
Phone:  
650-329-2111  
   
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Hours: 
Closed Monday Tuesday-Saturday Museum: 10:00 a.m.- 5p.m. Zoo: 10:00 a.m.- 5p.m. (Please note that we start putting the animals to bed at 4:30 PM) Sunday - Museum and Zoo: 1:00-4:00 p.m.   
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Population Served: 
Birth through 5th Grade, parents, caregivers  
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Fax: 
650-473-1965  
Email: 
Ines.thissen@cityofpaloalto.org  
Description: 
The Junior Museum & Zoo is a program of the City of Palo Alto's Community Services Department. It has been part of the community fabric for 70 years. The Junior Museum & Zoo offers a yearly changing thematic exhibit, science based classes and summer camps, a science outreach program and a zoo with 50 native and non-native animals.  
Address: 
City of Palo Alto
1451 Middlefield Road   
 
Palo Alto,  CA 
94301
 
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Disabilities / Special Needs: 
  
Fees: 
Fee based classes/ camps/ outreach/ admission on a donation basis 
County: 
Santa Clara  
Updated: 
04/27/2009  
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