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AZA-Accredited Members
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