Zoo hours are MON-FRI: 11a-3p and SAT-SUN: 12p-4p
Bring your blankets, chairs, children & grandchildren to experience the energetic GBPL staff as they present animated musical and participatory animal themed programs which engage and educate all viewers (AGES 3-6 YRS).
Get up close and personal with live animals! ALL AGES.
Special thanks to the Elgin Historical Society for their extensive research and historical contributions to this display. ALL AGES.
AGES 3-7. Program made possible by a generous grant from the Bethlehem Evangelical Church.
Octavio Serrano Quartet. ALL AGES.
Bring your children to enjoy and participate in making art inspired by the animals and plants in Tefft Farm. AGES 4-7 YRS.
A drop-in program with a different science/nature guest. ALL AGES.
Get up close and personal with live animals! ALL AGES. Programs made possible by a generous grant from the Bethlehem Evangelical Church.
Learn about real animals that inspired un-real ones, like the unicorn, griffin, dragon. A drop-in program with a different science/nature guest. ALL AGES.
AGES 3-7. Program made possible by a generous grant from the Bethlehem Evangelical Church.
Visit the Tefft Farm inside Lords Park to learn about Elgin’s dairy history and try your hand at butter making. AGES 3-8 YRS.
Bring your blankets, chairs, children & grandchildren to experience the energetic GBPL staff as they present animated musical and participatory animal themed programs which engage and educate all viewers (AGES 3-6 YRS).
All programs are drop-ins and FREE! This year the Friends of Lords Park Zoo is underwriting 34 programs. Thank you to our many annual partners: Bethlehem Evangelical Church of Elgin, Chamber Music on the Fox, City of Elgin Parks & Recreation Department, Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin Historical Society, Elgin Public Museum, and Side Street Art Studio and, of course, to our many generous Elgin residents who donate money and their invaluable time volunteering.
