Zoo hours are MON-FRI: 11am-3pm and SAT-SUN: 12-4pm
Join the Elgin Historical Society’s staff and volunteers as they lead families in old fashioned lawn games. Children can make a toy to bring home. AGES 3-8 YRS. Program made possible by a generous grant from Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church.
AGES 3-7. Program made possible by a generous grant from the Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Bring your children to enjoy and participate in making art inspired by the animals and plants in Tefft Farm. AGES 4-7 YRS. Program made possible by a generous grant from the Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church.
A drop-in program with a different science/nature topic. ALL AGES. Program made possible by a generous grant from the Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Get up close and personal with live animals! ALL AGES.
Learn about real animals that inspired un-real ones, like the unicorn, griffin, dragon. A drop-in program with a different science/nature topic. ALL AGES. Program made possible by a generous grant from the Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church.
AGES 3-7. Program made possible by a generous grant from the Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran 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. Program made possible by a generous grant from the Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Bring your blankets, chairs, children & grandchildren to experience the energetic GBPL staff as they present animated musical and participatory animal themed program which engage and educate all viewers (AGES 3-6 YRS).
Get up close and personal with live animals! ALL AGES.
ALL AGES.
A drop-in program with a different science/nature topic. ALL AGES. Program made possible by a generous grant from the Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church.
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 Lutheran 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.
