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As of September 2025, there are currently 240 AZA-accredited institutions and 14 AZA-accredited related facilities. Please see the complete list of AZA institutional members below, organized by location, or click here to search by zip code. You can also search alphabetically by clicking here.

Accredited Organizations Within the United States

Alabama

Birmingham Zoo, Birmingham
Accredited through March 2028

Alaska

Alaska SeaLife Center, Seward
Accredited through September 2027

Arizona

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson
Accredited through March 2026

OdySea Aquarium, Scottsdale
Accredited through March 2029

The Phoenix Zoo, Phoenix
Accredited through March 2028

Reid Park Zoo, Tucson
Accredited through March 2030

SEA LIFE Arizona Aquarium, Tempe
Accredited through March 2027

Arkansas

Little Rock Zoological Gardens, Little Rock
Accredited through September 2027

California

Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach
Accredited through March 2026

B. Bryan Preserve, Point Arena
[Accredited Related Facility]
Accredited through March 2028

Birch Aquarium at Scripps, La Jolla
Accredited through March 2029

Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, San Pedro
Accredited through March 2027

California Science Center, Los Angeles
Accredited through March 2027
(also accredited by the American Alliance of Museums)

Central Coast Zoo, Atascadero
Accredited through March 2030

CuriOdyssey, San Mateo
Accredited through March 2027

Fresno Chaffee Zoo, Fresno
Accredited through March 2027

Happy Hollow Zoo, San Jose
Accredited through March 2027

The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, Palm Desert
Accredited through March 2030

Los Angeles Zoo, Los Angeles
Accredited through March 2028

Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey
Accredited through March 2028

Oakland Zoo, Oakland
Accredited through March 2029

Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo, Palo Alto
Accredited through September 2030

Sacramento Zoo, Sacramento
Accredited through March 2029

San Diego Zoo, San Diego
Accredited through March 2026
(also accredited by the American Alliance of Museums)

San Diego Zoo Safari Park, Escondido
Accredited through March 2026
(also accredited by the American Alliance of Museums)

San Francisco Zoological Gardens, San Francisco
Accredited through March 2027

Santa Ana Zoo, Santa Ana Accredited through September 2030

Santa Barbara Zoo, Santa Barbara
Accredited through March 2026

SEA LIFE Aquarium at LEGOLAND California Resort, Carlsbad
Accredited through March 2028

SeaWorld San Diego, San Diego
Accredited through March 2026

Sequoia Park Zoo, Eureka
Accredited through September 2026

Steinhart Aquarium, San Francisco
Accredited through March 2026

Turtle Conservancy, Ojai
[Accredited Related Facility]
Accredited through March 2027

Colorado

Butterfly Pavilion, Westminster
Accredited through March 2026

Cheyenne Mountain Zoological Park, Colorado Springs
Accredited through September 2026

Colorado Wolf & Wildlife Center, Divide
[Accredited Related Facility]
Accredited through September 2028

Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance, Denver
Accredited through September 2028

Landry's Downtown Denver Aquarium, Denver
Accredited through March 2026

Pueblo Zoo, Pueblo
Accredited through September 2028

Connecticut

Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo, Bridgeport
Accredited through September 2029

The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, Inc., Norwalk
Accredited through March 2029

Mystic Aquarium, Mystic
Accredited through September 2026

Delaware

Brandywine Zoo, Wilmington
Accredited through September 2027

District of Columbia

Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Washington
Accredited through September 2029

Florida

Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium, Sanibel
Accredited through March 2028
(also accredited by the American Alliance of Museums)

Brevard Zoo, Melbourne
Accredited through March 2029

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, Tampa
Accredited through March 2027

Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens, Sanford
Accredited through March 2027

Discovery Cove, Orlando
Accredited through March 2026

Disney's Animal Kingdom, Orlando
Accredited through March 2026

The Florida Aquarium, Tampa
Accredited through March 2030

Jacksonville Zoo and Botanical Gardens, Jacksonville
Accredited through March 2026

**Lemur Conservation Foundation, Myakka City
[Accredited Related Facility]
Accredited through March 2027

Lion Country Safari, Loxahatchee
Accredited through March 2027

Lubee Bat Conservancy, Gainesville
[Accredited Related Facility]
Accredited through March 2026

Marineland, St. Augustine
Accredited through March 2027

Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium, Sarasota
Accredited through March 2026

Naples Zoo, Naples
Accredited through March 2027

Palm Beach Zoo at Dreher Park, West Palm Beach
Accredited through March 2028

Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo, Gainesville
Accredited through September 2026

SEA LIFE Orlando Aquarium, Orlando
Accredited through September 2028

The Seas, Orlando
Accredited through March 2030

SeaWorld Orlando, Orlando
Accredited through March 2026

St. Augustine Alligator Farm, St. Augustine
Accredited through March 2026

Steve Martin's Natural Encounters, Inc., Winter Haven
[Accredited Related Facility]
Accredited through March 2030

White Oak Conservation Center, Yulee
[Accredited Related Facility]
Accredited through March 2029

Zoo Miami, Miami
Accredited through March 2026

ZooTampa at Lowry Park, Tampa
Accredited through March 2026

Georgia

Zoo Atlanta, Atlanta
Accredited through March 2026

Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta
Accredited through March 2029

Hawaii

Honolulu Zoo, Honolulu
Accredited through March 2026

Idaho

Idaho Falls Zoo at Tautphaus Park, Idaho Falls
Accredited through September 2026

Zoo Boise, Boise
Accredited through September 2028

Illinois

Brookfield Zoo Chicago, Brookfield
Accredited through September 2028

Cosley Zoo, Wheaton
Accredited through September 2026

John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago
Accredited through March 2029

Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago
Accredited through September 2028

Miller Park Zoo, Bloomington
Accredited through September 2028

Peoria Zoo, Peoria
Accredited through September 2028

Scovill Zoo, Decatur
Accredited through September 2027

Indiana

Fort Wayne Zoo, Fort Wayne
Accredited through September 2029

Indianapolis Zoological Society, Inc., Indianapolis
Accredited through September 2026
(also accredited by the American Alliance of Museums)

Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden, Inc., Evansville
Accredited through September 2027

Potawatomi Zoo, South Bend
Accredited through September 2030

Iowa

Blank Park Zoo, Des Moines
Accredited through September 2029

National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium, Dubuque
Accredited Through March 2030
(also accredited by the American Alliance of Museums)

Kansas

David Traylor Zoo of Emporia, Emporia
Accredited through September 2027

Hutchinson Zoo, Hutchinson
Accredited through September 2029

Lee Richardson Zoo, Garden City
Accredited through September 2027

Rolling Hills Zoo, Salina
Accredited through September 2026

Sedgwick County Zoo, Wichita
Accredited through September 2030

Sunset Zoological Park, Manhattan
Accredited through September 2030

Topeka Zoo and Conservation Center, Topeka
Accredited through September 2028

Kentucky

Louisville Zoological Garden, Louisville
Accredited through March 2029

Newport Aquarium, Newport
Accredited through March 2030

Louisiana

Audubon Aquarium & Insectarium, New Orleans
Accredited through March 2030

Audubon Zoo, New Orleans
Accredited through March 2029

BREC's Baton Rouge Zoo, Baton Rouge Accredited through March 2029

Freeport-McMoRan Audubon Species Survival Center, New Orleans
[Accredited Related Facility]
Accredited through March 2030

Pinola Conservancy, Shreveport
[Accredited Related Facility]
Accredited through March 2029

Maryland

Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, Baltimore
Accredited through September 2028

National Aquarium, Baltimore
Accredited through March 2028

Massachusetts

Buttonwood Park Zoo, New Bedford
Accredited through September 2029

Capron Park Zoo, Attleboro
Accredited through September 2027

Franklin Park Zoo, Boston
Accredited through September 2030

Museum of Science, Boston
Accredited through March 2030
(also accredited by the American Alliance of Museums)

**New England Aquarium, Boston
Accredited through March 2027
(also accredited by the American Alliance of Museums)

Walter D. Stone Memorial Zoo, Stoneham
Accredited through September 2030

Michigan

Binder Park Zoo, Battle Creek
Accredited through September 2030

Detroit Zoological Park, Royal Oak
Accredited through September 2027

John Ball Zoo, Grand Rapids
Accredited through September 2026

Potter Park Zoological Gardens, Lansing
Accredited through September 2028

Saginaw Children's Zoo, Saginaw
Accredited through September 2026

SEA LIFE Michigan Aquarium, Auburn Hills
Accredited through March 2028

Minnesota

Como Park Zoo and Conservatory, St Paul
Accredited through September 2026

Lake Superior Zoo, Duluth
Accredited through September 2027

Minnesota Zoological Garden, Apple Valley
Accredited through September 2028

Mississippi

Hattiesburg Zoo, Hattiesburg
Accredited through March 2030

Missouri

Butterfly House, Chesterfield
Accredited through March 2030
(also accredited by the American Alliance of Museums)

Dickerson Park Zoo, Springfield
Accredited through September 2028

Endangered Wolf Center, Eureka
[Accredited Related Facility]
Accredited through September 2027

Kansas City Zoo, Kansas City
Accredited through September 2026

Saint Louis Zoo, St. Louis
Accredited through September 2030

SEA LIFE Kansas City Aquarium, Kansas City
Accredited through March 2030

Wonders of Wildlife, Springfield
Accredited through March 2028

Montana

Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center, West Yellowstone
Accredited through September 2027

ZooMontana, Billings
Accredited through September 2030

Nebraska

Lee G. Simmons Conservation Park & Wildlife Safari, Ashland
Accredited through September 2026

Lincoln Children's Zoo, Lincoln
Accredited through September 2027

Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium, Omaha
Accredited through September 2029

Nevada

Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas
Accredited through March 2028

New Jersey

Adventure Aquarium, Camden
Accredited through March 2030

Cape May County Park Zoo, Cape May Court House
Accredited through September 2028

Jenkinson's Aquarium, Point Pleasant Beach
Accredited through March 2029

Turtle Back Zoo, West Orange
Accredited through September 2027

New Mexico

Albuquerque Biological Park, Albuquerque
Accredited through September 2026

New York

Aquarium of Niagara, Niagara Falls
Accredited through March 2030

Bronx Zoo/WCS, Bronx
Accredited through September 2029

Buffalo Zoo, Buffalo
Accredited through September 2027

Central Park Zoo, New York
Accredited through September 2030

New York Aquarium, Brooklyn
Accredited through September 2029

Prospect Park Zoo, Brooklyn
Accredited through September 2030

Queens Zoo, Queens
Accredited through September 2030

Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park, Syracuse
Accredited through September 2029

Seneca Park Zoo, Rochester
Accredited through September 2029

Staten Island Zoo, Staten Island
Accredited through September 2030

Trevor-Lovejoy Zoo, Millbrook
Accredited through September 2027

Utica Zoo, Utica
Accredited through September 2029

North Carolina

Duke University Lemur Center, Durham
[Accredited Related Facility]
Accredited through March 2028

Greensboro Science Center, Greensboro
Accredited through September 2029
(also accredited by the American Alliance of Museums)

Museum of Life and Science, Durham
Accredited through March 2027

North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher, Kure Beach
Accredited through March 2028

North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores, Pine Knoll Shores
Accredited through March 2028

North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island, Manteo
Accredited through March 2028

North Carolina Zoo, Asheboro
Accredited through September 2026

SEA LIFE Charlotte-Concord Aquarium, Concord
Accredited through September 2026

Western North Carolina Nature Center, Asheville
Accredited through September 2026

North Dakota

Dakota Zoo, Bismarck
Accredited through September 2028

Red River Zoo, Fargo
Accredited through September 2027

Roosevelt Park Zoo, Minot
Accredited through September 2030

Ohio

Akron Zoological Park, Akron
Accredited through September 2026

Boonshoft Museum of Discovery, Dayton
Accredited through March 2027
(also accredited by the American Alliance of Museums)

Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, Cincinnati
Accredited through September 2030

Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Cleveland
Accredited through September 2030

Columbus Zoo & Aquarium, Powell
Accredited through September 2028

Toledo Zoological Gardens, Toledo
Accredited through September 2028

The Wilds, Cumberland
Accredited through September 2027

Oklahoma

Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden, Oklahoma City
Accredited through September 2029
(also accredited by the American Alliance of Museums)

Tulsa Zoo, Tulsa
Accredited through September 2028

Oregon

High Desert Museum, Bend Accredited through September 2030
(also accredited by the American Alliance of Museums)

Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport
Accredited through March 2027

Oregon Zoo, Portland
Accredited through September 2026

Wildlife Safari, Winston
Accredited through September 2026

Pennsylvania

Clyde Peeling's Reptiland, Allenwood
Accredited through September 2029

Elmwood Park Zoo, Norristown
Accredited through September 2027

Lehigh Valley Zoo, Schnecksville
Accredited through September 2026

National Aviary, Pittsburgh
Accredited through September 2026

Philadelphia Zoo, Philadelphia
Accredited through September 2030

Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium, Pittsburgh
Accredited through September 2029

Wilderness Wildlife Center, Pittsburgh
[Accredited Related Facility]
Accredited through September 2027

ZOOAMERICA NA Wildlife Park, Hershey
Accredited through September 2026

Rhode Island

Roger Williams Park Zoo, Providence
Accredited through September 2027

South Carolina

Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet
Accredited through September 2029
(also accredited by the American Alliance of Museums)

Greenville Zoo, Greenville
Accredited through September 2029

Ripley's Aquarium of Myrtle Beach, Myrtle Beach
Accredited through March 2027

Riverbanks Zoo and Garden, Columbia
Accredited through September 2026

South Carolina Aquarium, Charleston
Accredited through March 2028

Turtle Survival Center, Charleston
[Accredited Related Facility]
Accredited through March 2030

South Dakota

Great Plains Zoo, Sioux Falls
Accredited through September 2027

Tennessee

Chattanooga Zoo at Warner Park, Chattanooga
Accredited through September 2029

Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, Hohenwald
[Accredited Related Facility]
Accredited through September 2028

Memphis Zoo, Memphis
Accredited through March 2030

Nashville Zoo, Nashville
Accredited through March 2030

Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies, Gatlinburg
Accredited through March 2029

Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga
Accredited through March 2030

Zoo Knoxville, Knoxville
Accredited through March 2026

Texas

Abilene Zoological Gardens, Abilene
Accredited through March 2029

Baylor University Bear Habitat, Waco
Accredited through September 2026

Caldwell Zoo, Tyler
Accredited through March 2026

Cameron Park Zoo, Waco
Accredited through March 2027

Dallas World Aquarium, Dallas
Accredited through March 2028

**Dallas Zoo, Dallas
Accredited through March 2028

Fort Worth Zoo, Fort Worth
Accredited through March 2029

Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, Glen Rose
Accredited through March 2030

Gladys Porter Zoo, Brownsville
Accredited through March 2029

Houston Zoo, Inc. Houston
Accredited through March 2029

**Landry's Houston Aquarium, Inc., Houston
Accredited through March 2026

Longneck Manor, Fredericksburg
Accredited through September 2029

Moody Gardens Rainforest and Aquarium, Galveston
Accredited through March 2029

San Antonio Zoological Society, San Antonio
Accredited through March 2030

SEA LIFE Grapevine Aquarium, Grapevine
Accredited through March 2026

SeaWorld San Antonio, San Antonio
Accredited through March 2028

Texas State Aquarium, Corpus Christi
Accredited through March 2027

Utah

Loveland Living Planet Aquarium, Draper
Accredited through March 2030

Tracy Aviary, Salt Lake City
Accredited through September 2030

Utah's Hogle Zoo, Salt Lake City
Accredited through September 2030

Virginia

Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center, Virginia Beach
Accredited through March 2028

Virginia Living Museum, Newport News
Accredited Through March 2030
(also accredited by the American Alliance of Museums)

Virginia Zoological Park, Norfolk
Accredited through September 2029

Washington

Northwest Trek Wildlife Park, Eatonville
Accredited through September 2027

Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium, Tacoma
Accredited through September 2028

Seattle Aquarium, Seattle
Accredited through March 2029

**Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle
Accredited through September 2030

West Virginia

Oglebay's Good Zoo, Wheeling
Accredited through September 2029

Wisconsin

Henry Vilas Zoo, Madison
Accredited through September 2029

International Crane Foundation, Baraboo
Accredited through September 2029

Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens, Milwaukee
Accredited through September 2029

Northeastern Wisconsin (NEW) Zoo, Green Bay
Accredited through September 2028

Racine Zoo, Racine
Accredited through September 2028

Accredited Organizations Outside the United States

Argentina

Fundación Temaikèn, Escobar, Province of Buenos Aires
Accredited through March 2028

Bahamas

Atlantis, Paradise Island
Accredited through March 2028

Bermuda

Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo, Flatts Village
Accredited through March 2030

Canada

Assiniboine Park Zoo, Winnipeg
Accredited through September 2030

Montréal Biodôme, Montréal
Accredited through September 2026

Ripley's Aquarium of Canada, Toronto
Accredited through September 2026

Toronto Zoo, Toronto
Accredited through September 2027

Vancouver Aquarium, Vancouver
Accredited through September 2029

Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo, Calgary
Accredited through September 2029

Zoo de Granby, Granby
Accredited through September 2026

Colombia

Zoológico de Cali, Valle del Cauca
Accredited through March 2027

Dominican Republic

Dolphin Discovery Punta Cana, Punta Cana
Accredited through March 2030

Hong Kong

Ocean Park Corporation, Wong Chuk Hang
Accredited through March 2029

Mexico

Africam Safari Park, Puebla
Accredited through March 2027

Dolphin Discovery Cozumel, Cozumel
Accredited through March 2029

Dolphin Discovery Isla Mujeres, Isla Mujeres
Accredited through March 2029

Zoológico Guadalajara, Guadalajara
Accredited through March 2030

Singapore

Singapore Oceanarium, Sentosa
Accredited through March 2026

South Korea

Everland Zoo, Yongin
Accredited through September 2030

Seoul Zoo, Gwacheon
Accredited through September 2026

Spain

Oceanogràfic Valencia, Valencia
Accredited through March 2030

United Arab Emirates

Al Ain Zoo, Al Ain Accredited through March 2030

Atlantis, Dubai
Accredited through March 2026

Emirates Park Zoo, Abu Dhabi Accredited through March 2029

SeaWorld® Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi
Accredited through September 2029