Came to look at cute dead animals, but stayed for the absolute chaos that is taxidermy. Make your visit more exciting and search for the funniest animal replicas you can find! Meme potential 10/10

The Zoological Museum of Zurich is a natural history museum located in Zurich, Switzerland. It houses a diverse collection of animal specimens, fossils, and exhibits related to the animal kingdom. The museum provides educational opportunities for visitors to learn about various aspects of zoology and biodiversity.

This museum is perfect for teaching children while having fun. Many interactive activities to enjoy. Free entrance. A large parking lot is very close, in a small park on the main road. Once here, after the visit, I suggest to spend some time at the nearby terrace, to enjoy a great view of the city. If you come by public transport, then it's worth to ride the funicular whose station is at the terrace. Children would love that. And also most of the grown ups.

Very nice museum with lot of animals, skeletons and dinosaur fossils. It is not big but they managed to fill it out with amazing stuff. Entry is for free. There is a parking in front of the museum. You will find here lot of information about the nature. It is a two hour visit. Recommending getting here by taking Polybahn from Central tram stop.

Great little museum to wander around. Free entry (needed vaccine certification). Lots of families seemed to be happily absorbed. Attractive displays. Probably not worth a special visit (unless you have children) but made a nice pop-in on the way to a viewpoint.

Great Museum, my 7 year old niece and myself enjoyed it very much.

Great place! With a lot of activities for children. Free entrance for everyone.

A very educative and fun to visit place in Zurich. The exhibits are arranged according to geographical regions such as tropical, dessert and so on which provide the visitors a clear and unique experience in understanding our world and it's past. It is definitely worth the visit for any nature lovers. A friendly place for kids and family too.

The Zoological Museum in Zurich is easily accessible by tram. Entrance to the museum is free. The Zoological Museum is very suitable for children as it has many areas where children can see what the many animals look like and it also has headphones to hear the different animal sounds. It also has a large area where many fossilized dinosaurs can be seen.

Small and free. Great with kids as there is lots to see and little to read. I appreciated the ground floor exhibitions of local animals. Maybe it lacks some additional information besides the name.

Wonderful museum!! Very very interesting, there are a lot of kind of animals, birds, insects from over the world 😯😯 museum have 2 floors, 1st floor show different animals from Europe, Asia, USA, insects shown with microscopes what is very comfortable to see and discover 🤩👏 2d flor (downstairs) have mostly wild animals from African continents. Kids like this museum a lot, there is also small room for kids with books and toys, souvenir shop and small cafe with coffee automat. Museum for free, but everything only in German language. I advise to visit for sure!!!!!! 🇨🇭💖🌺👏👏👏👏

Free entrance. Worth to visit! Beautiful exhibition with so many animals and fossils. It's so clean and staff is really kind and professional. They don't work on Mondays. Other days opened from 10 to 17. Don't miss this place!

Very nice for kids. Good collection, don't expect something amazing though. Would have appreciated to have the explanations written in English or French, this was mostly German

(Translated by Google) Well done, the boys had a lot of fun. gladly come again. (Original) super gemacht, die jungs hatten echt spass. kommen gerne wieder.

More than I would expect. Great variety of animals presented. Free, stroller accessible, worth to visit!!!

An incredible amount of animals and activities for all ages. We came here on a rainy day not really knowing what was inside and we were pleasantly surprised. Animals from all over the world, lots of cool interactive exhibits with insects and birds, fossils, books, and just so much to look at. An extremely well put together museum. Entry is free but would still recommend even if it wasn't.

It's free which is good but a bit old fashioned and not interactive for this generation of kids.

Zoological Museum of Zurich is an ultimate museum and very big. I visited the place on the weekend and there was no queue. You'll find numerous of animals, birds, dinosaurs, fishes and other wild animal sculptures inside the museum. There is no entry fee for the museum and you can definitely add it to your list when you visit Zurich. I've attached the most of the remains and sculpture pictures and I had an amazing experience. You are definitely going to love it if you have little interest in history and zoology. Highly recommended!!!

One of the must place to visit if you are in Zurich its free. Worth to visit by any age group of people! Beautiful exhibition with so many animals and fossils some of them still looks like real and some are magnificent. It's so clean and staff is really kind and professional. They have many exhibits like Masterpiece exhibits which is highlight. All the specimen are displayed according to their geographic distributions and clear details. They have activities for kids often. Good place to introduce variety of animals, birds, reptiles etc to children's, without making them board. I think they are closed on Monday, please check with them

Visited today, such an exciting experience for kids who love all things animals. The extinct Tasmanian Tiger a huge highlight for us, unfortunately I forgot to photograph. Highly recommended visit

(Translated by Google) Wonderful! For all ages... (Original) Maravilhoso! Para todas as idades...

(Translated by Google) Free attraction located near the center, large exhibition of animals and fossils. I highly recommend. (Original) Attrazione gratuita situata vicino al centro, ampia mostra di animali e fossili. Consiglio vivamente.

The Zoological museum of Zurich University has a huge collection of animals from all continent. It is free entry and close normally on Monday. I was there many time since my PhD (2003-3009). We return there at 2012 with my wife and 3-years old daugther. Hopefully, next year we could visit there after COVID19 mass vaccination. Nearby the Zoological museum, there is the Paleontological museum as well. Thank you to the University to own nice collection for students and people to learn the world.

Incredible museum, great to visit with kids

Wow, wunderbare Exponate aus der Paläontologie und eine gelungene Ausstellung zoologischer Tierpräparate. Eintritt war bei unserem Besuch kostenfrei und der Vorschlag einer 6cfr Spende ist aufgrund der sauberen, angenehm grossen Ausstellungshalle mehr als fair. Eine Leseecke und Aktivitätstische ( Lupen & Mikroskope) bieten auch zusätzliche Beschäftigung für die kleineren Besucher. Von uns eine klare Besuchsempfehlung!!

(Translated by Google) Very good to go with the boys, super educational. 😉 (Original) Muy bueno para ir con los chicos, super educativo. 😉

(Translated by Google) Great museum for young and old! Plus free of charge ... unconditional recommendation! (Original) Tolles Museum für gross und klein! Dazu erst noch gratis... bedingungslose Empfehlung!

(Translated by Google) Great for children, even for small children. A lot to touch and try out. (Original) Super für Kinder, auch für kleine Kinder. Vieles zum anfassen und ausprobieren.

Very enjoyed the museum. Informative. Very good to introduce animals to children. Animals models are of high quality. Really look like live. Sceletons if ancient creatures are also natural. By the way, entry is free of charge. But it worth to buy a ticket either.

Such a wonderful place, particularly on a rainy day with the kids. And it's free! A big variety of animals and things for the kids to see/do, microscopes and videos. Lot's of family fun.

(Translated by Google) Oohhh (Original) Oohhh

Free entrance. I like the Masterpiece exhibition. There are 50 beautiful fossils, including trilobites with magnificent details, definitely worth a visit. I also like the specimen collection in the basement, where the specimen are displayed according to their geographic distributions.

Beautiful Museum, well organised with an interactive aspect for young and old. Definitely worth a visit for anyone remotely interested, you won't regret it. Translations are also available if needed.

To start off with, it’s FREE entrance which you would not believe based on the interesting stuff that’s been showcased there. It will take an hour for you to explore the entire Museum. Pre historic creatures and all sorts of animal specimens. Don’t forget to make a donation at the exit so they could continue to have this.

It's really unfortunate that there's very few information in English... Otherwise, great place to visit. Free entry.

Really amazing place. No tickets needed. A lot of expositions - impressive. Definitely place to go in Zurich. We spend amazing evening with the full family. You can use your buggy onsite.

A day well spent there.. i love it generally but love the "Masterpieces, artwork of natures" exhibit the most.. its a true art of nature and the fact that its combining nature and art is very smart and a creative move.. the museum can also be very crowded and noisy on weekends i guess.. visited on a saturday and its jammed packed with families with kids.. i can tell why kids love to be there, its a good way to explore and understands nature for them. And also its FREE.. 👍👍👍 Downside is as a tourist, cant pay any souvenir by card, as of Feb 2023, everything there is needed to be paid by cash.

A magical place to go with the family. The children enjoyed to watch from dinosaurs to animals from every continent. Insects, birds,.... One needs at least an hour to go through the museum. A fun morning or afternoon.

Wonderful museum to bring school children for a learning experience about ancient and modern animals around the world. Paleontological exhibits are quite varied, from fossils of aquatic life to those which ruled the skies. Descriptions are all in German unfortunately, so foreign tourists are disadvantaged. Taxidermy exhibits are well done, except for the poor lone giraffe whose fur is clearly too exposed and worn out in patches. Interactive exhibits are available, especially the rotating microscopes and magnifying glasses to view insects and other small animals. However, these were not accompanied with audio guides to assist understanding. This museum can be enhanced with puzzles or game activities for younger students to immerse themselves with a more exciting range of learning opportunities in an otherwise too academic environment.

It’s a really nice museum in Zurich😇 The parking was a bit confusing but eventually we found the underground garage🅿️👍 🟢free of charge 🟢very good layout and well organized 🟢cool for small and big kids 🔴in the gift shop they didn’t accept cards😜 Recommended✅

(Translated by Google) Great museum for kids. Free entry, donation is welcome. (Original) Tolles Museum für Kinder. Freier Eintritt, Spende ist erwünscht.

(Translated by Google) Cool casual museum. My children enjoyed it. Unfortunately the basement was closed for maintenance work. It's a shame that such work has to take place during the autumn break. (Original) Cooles lässiges Museum. Meinen Kindern hat es Spass gemacht. Leider war das UG wegen Unterhaltsarbeiten geschlossen. Schade dass solche Arbeiten in den Herbstferien stattfinden müssen.

(Translated by Google) Not all rooms are open at the moment due to renovation - but it was still a great experience for my 2 1/2 year old granddaughter. (Original) Wegen Umbau sind nicht alle Räume offen zur Zeit - aber für meine 2 1/2jöhrige Enkelin war das trotzdem ein tolles Erlebnis.

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Kids love it...

Amazing place to look and it is important to voluntary pay the entry to keep it in that way!

(Translated by Google) Great architecture, didactically very well prepared collection, also very suitable for children! (Original) Großartige Architektur, didaktisch sehr gut aufgearbeitete Sammlung, auch für Kinder sehr geeignet!

Free entrance!! I liked the exhibition of domestic animals as it gives you a great overview of the local wildlife.

(Translated by Google) Free and very interesting museum. With children you can spend 1 to 2 hours. Impressive collection of birds. Beautiful temporary exhibition on milk. (Original) Musée gratuit et très intéressant. Avec des enfants on peut y passer 1 à 2 heures. Collection d’oiseaux impressionnante. Belle exposition temporaire sur le lait.

(Translated by Google) Partly redesigned, also suitable for children (ideally from kindergarten age). Excursion destination in bad weather. Friendly, courteous and helpful supervisory staff. Always very interesting special exhibitions that are also easy to understand for children. (Original) Teilweise neu gestaltet, auch für Kinder gut geeignet (idealerweise ab Kindergartenalter). Ausflugsziel bei ungünstiger Witterung. Freundliches, zuvorkommendes und hilfsbereites Aufsichtspersonal. Immer wieder sehr interessante, auch für Kinder gut verständliche Sonderausstellungen.

Small but well organized. Lots of curious exhibits both for adults and children

(Translated by Google) Very interesting museum, ideal for children. Free entry. (Original) Sehr interessantes museum, ideal für Kinder. Kostenloser Eintritt.

Giving it 4 stars because it's free and offered something inexpensive to do in a really expensive place. But the taxidermy ranged from really well done to absolutely awful. Not all the signs had english translations :(

Nice museum to learn more about animals. Mostly in German but still worth a visit for non German speakers. Best of all, it's free :)

Very educational great place for the hole family 👍

I have a soft spot for museums of natural history. Although this is not in the same league as the Museum or Natural History in New York (IMO the best museum in New York), it is fun and free. The cloakroom is unstaffed. Lots of kids and they are excited to learn. Well worth a visit (it's free)

A sight for everyone to see. Animals from today and yesterday... A place with great interest.

We came here as they usually have a wooly mammoth on display but sadly it wasn't out that day. Great place for kids. The best part? It's free! I loved seeing the unicorn!

Very nice museum, fantastic that it is free entrance as well

Plenty of realistic models inside

This museum is one of the loveliest museums in Zurich. It is perfect for little kids and it is pretty central.

(Translated by Google) Always worth a visit. (Original) Immer wieder ein Besuch wert.

(Translated by Google) Admission free, but unfortunately no card payment possible for souvenirs. (Original) Eintritt gratis, aber leider keine Kartenzahlung möglich für Souvenirs.

Perfect

(Translated by Google) Again and again.... (Original) Immer wieder Neu....

(Translated by Google) Great work from students and teachers. Beautiful Showrooms (Original) Super travail des étudiants et enseignants. De belles Salles d'exposition

(Translated by Google) A classic, always worth a visit. (Original) Ein Klassiker, immer wieder einen Besuch wert.

(Translated by Google) A museum about animals. Lots of stuffed animals, showcases, things to try out and touch, tours, films, sound recordings. Entry is free. Definitely worth a visit if the weather is bad again. It is also very child-friendly! (Original) Ein Museum über Tiere. Viele ausgestopfte Tiere, Schaukästen, Dinge zum ausprobieren und anfassen, Führungen, Filme, Tonaufnahmen. Eintritt ist kostenlos. Auf jeden Fall einen Besuch wert, wenn das Wetter wieder mal schlecht ist. Es ist auch sehr kindgerecht!

(Translated by Google) Great place to go with kids. (Original) Toller Ort um mit Kindern hin zu gehen.

(Translated by Google) Awesome for kids! (Original) Genial für Kinder!

(Translated by Google) Well, it was better. The lower floor is closed. The seating area for a drink is gone, as is the machine, although the number of visitors is limited. There are no parking spaces occupied by construction machinery and spaces for people with Hanycaps. We hope that changes again. Div. Info could be given on the Internet. Just because of the new dinosaur you don't have to go now. (Original) Na ja war schon besser. Der untere Stock ist geschlossen. Die Sitzecke um etwas zu Drinken ist weg auch der Automat dazu.Obwohl ja die Besucheranzahl beschränkt ist. Parkplätze besetzt mit Baumaschinen und Plätze für Menschen mit Hanycap gibt es keine. Wir hoffen das ändert wieder. Div. Info könnte man im Internet angeben. Nur wegen dem neuen Dino muss man jetzt noch nicht gehen.

What an amazing place for kids and adults alike! It's put on by the university and is totally free! The lower level is closed until November but there was plenty to see, hear and experience on the top floor. I couldn't get my 3 year old out of there but since there was a limited amount of people allowed (due to Covid) we left so to respect the people in line. We'll be coming back!

(Translated by Google) Very interesting, worth seeing and, thanks to various audio / video installations, very informative. And it's cheap too, because admission is free (a real insider tip!) (Original) Sehr interessant, sehenswert und dank diversen Audio/-Videoinstallationen sehr informativ. Und günstig ist es auch noch, der Eintritt ist nämlich kostenlos ( ein wahrer Geheimtipp!)

It's free. Lovely little place for kids.so interactive exhibits. Large amount of animals on display

(Translated by Google) Top!!!! 100 times better than the National Museum in Zurich. Free entry !!! Again and again (Original) Top!!!! 100xbesser als Nationalmuseim Zürich. Gratis eintrit!!! Immer wieder