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Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo – Super Family Sunday

Information updated on Tuesday, January 23rd 2024, 12:38
How to Contact the Provider
Contact email
[email protected]
Address
1451 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA, 94301
Phone
650-329-2111
County
Santa Clara
Web
https://friendsjmz.org/our-work/super-family-sunday/
Services
Animals - Service, Therapeutic, Fun
Inclusion
Social Activities

Join us for a FREE event when the Museum & Zoo will be open exclusively for families who have kids with disabilities.

Super Family Sundays

Super Family Sundays are appreciation days for families who have children with physical disabilities and learning differences. Designed and hosted by a team of expert educators, we aim to provide a positive and liberating experience, in a tolerant and welcoming environment, for the whole family to enjoy together. This program began in 2010 and has accommodated thousands of guests over the past decade. Super Family Sundays are hosted about 10 times a year.

In order to maintain a non-crowded environment .
Spots are limited . Reservations Required.
Sign up to the email list to receive reservation announcements at www.paloaltozoo.org
Super Family Sundays 2024
Feb.25, 5:30pm-7pm
Mar.24, 5:30pm-7pm
April 21, 5:30pm-7pm
May 19, 5:30pm-7pm
June 23, 5:30pm-7pm
July 21, 5:30pm-7pm
Aug.18, 5:30pm-7pm
Sept.22, 5:30pm-7pm
Oct.20, 5:30pm-7pm

The New Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo is here!

The JMZ has been rebuilt thanks to a $15 million matching grant from the Peery Foundation and $10 million in private donations from local donors. This milestone comes after more than a decade of planning, fundraising, and construction. We are very grateful to all of our supporters and donors who helped to make the new Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo a reality.

How has the JMZ Improved?

Every year approximately 180,000 people visit the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo, and the JMZ’s educators teach more than 19,000 local students in classrooms, science camps and field trips. Built in 1941, the old Junior Museum & Zoo building had become inadequate for the extensive early-education science programming that the JMZ provides both on-site and in local elementary schools.

The new Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo includes state-of-the-art exhibits and animal enclosures, improved facilities, and is accessible for visitors of all abilities. The JMZ has been modernized while retaining the kid-friendly and intimate qualities of the old facility, providing even more unique, educational experiences that are invaluable to children.

The new Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo has:

  • Better visitor amenities and experiences, including a dedicated safe area for bus drop-off, special entrance for school groups, and modern bathrooms.
  • More STEM and biosciences education, and a teachers’ lesson planning.
  • Expanded programming for economically disadvantaged schools.
  • Improved facilities and programs for children with physical and developmental differences.
  • Hands-on STEM exhibits and improved animal enclosures that increase a childs’ connection to science and the natural world.