Lincoln Park Zoo

The barn doors are open!  The Farm-in-the-Zoo Presented by John Deere is interactive. Instead of just looking, visitors are encouraged to learn by doing. Cows can be fed. Chicken and rabbits can be met. Ponies and goats can be seen up close. The fun is growing at the Farm-in-the-Zoo Presented by John Deere…come join us!

*** Please note that the Main Barn will be closed from March 30–April 3. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Cow-milking Demonstration
Crown Dairy Barn
10 a.m. & 3 p.m. (Memorial Day–Labor Day)

Feed the Cows
Crown Dairy Barn
10:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m.

(Memorial Day–Labor Day)

*Check schedules posted at the Farm for daily activities.

Farm-in-the-Zoo Presented by John Deere Highlights:
The Main Barn is filled with interactive exhibits for guests of all ages. Big Buzz About Bees enables visitors to learn about bees through video programs, then during summer months, slide back part of a honeycomb and check out a real hive. Eggsplore the Nest invites guests to experience “hatching out” of an oversized egg.

The Farming & Weather station lets guests experience the rush of a tornado, the crackle of lightning and the rumble of thunder.

Animal Demonstration Areas provide visitors the opportunity to get up close with the animals that live on the Farm.

The Dairy Barn houses goats and cows, where visitors can learn about the milking process.

Fitz’s General Store is filled with cool new stuff, straight from the Farm-in-the-Zoo Presented by John Deere.

Artiodactyla

Domestic cow

Domestic goat

Domestic pig

Jacob sheep

Galliformes

Domestic chicken

Hymenoptera

Honeybee

Lagomorpha

European rabbit

Perissodactyla

Pony

Strigiformes

Barn owl