Member Museum Details
Great Plains Zoo and Delbridge Museum of Natural History
805 South Kiwanis Avenue 16th and Kiwanis Avenue Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57104 605-367-7003 As an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), the Great Plains Zoo features over 850 animals from around the world in our 45-acre park. The Delbridge Museum of Natural History features an impressive collection of mounted animals from five continents displayed in simulated natural evironments. The initial Zoo in Sioux Falls was developed in the 1880’s by Senator Richard F. Pettigrew who housed a few specimens of animals for viewing in the local parks around Sioux Falls, with the largest group being housed at McKennan Park. In 1930, the Sioux Falls Parks systems assumed responsibility for zoo development and added additional specimens for permanent display in Sherman Park, just south of the zoo’s present location.
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