{"id":11670,"date":"2012-03-28T18:52:10","date_gmt":"2012-03-28T22:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cap4kids.org\/columbus\/2012\/03\/28\/484876109\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T13:51:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:51:16","slug":"columbus-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/columbus-zoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbus Zoo &amp; Aquarium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Families can almost every day of the year to see animal exhibits, attractions, or attend fun seasonal events. Admission discounts are available for Franklin County residents, military personnel, or through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbuslibrary.org\/culture-pass\/\">Culture Pass<\/a> program. They also offer educational opportunities for youth, including Little Explorers&#8217; Base Camp for preschoolers and toddlers, and ZooKids for ages 3-5 throughout the year. Camps include Winter Break day camps for K-5 and summer camps for Pre-K-7. The Wilds conservation center in Cumberland, Ohio offers residential summer camps for ages 8-18. Scholarships for program fees are available.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Columbus Zoo &amp; Aquarium<\/strong>: 4850 West Powell Road, Powell, Ohio 43065<br \/>\n(614) 645-3400<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/columbuszoo.org\/home\">columbuszoo.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Wilds<\/strong>: 14000 International Road, Cumberland, Ohio 43732<br \/>\n(740) 638-5030<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewilds.org\/\">thewilds.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Families can almost every day of the year to see animal exhibits, attractions, or attend fun seasonal events. Admission discounts are available for Franklin County residents, military personnel, or through the Culture Pass program. They also offer educational opportunities for youth, including Little Explorers&#8217; Base Camp for preschoolers and toddlers, and ZooKids for ages 3-5 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[304,95,368,377,512],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-after-school-camps","category-holiday-camps","category-education","category-home-school-resources","category-science-and-technology-programs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11670"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45057,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11670\/revisions\/45057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}