US zoos closed due to COVID-19 and duration

Erie Zoo has cancelled all zoo classes through March 27th.

Lehigh Valley Zoo is closing close quarters spaces such as the Rad Center and Z Wing.All feeding activities and educational programs will be cancelled through March 27th.
 
11:14 AM CDT update on 03/13/2020. This is by no means an exhaustive list. New facilities are bolded from here on out.

Previously closed, operations have since resumed
  • Maryland Zoo
Closed the weekend of March 14th-15th
  • Ross Park Zoo
Closed through March 19th
  • Mesker Park Zoo
Closed through March 20th
  • Dallas Zoo
  • San Antonio Zoo
Closed through March 22nd
  • Seymour Marine Discovery
Closed through March 23rd
  • Oklahoma City Zoo
  • Fort Worth Zoo
Closed through March 27th
  • Monterey Bay Aquarium
  • Elmwood Park Zoo
  • Greensboro Science Center
  • National Aquarium
  • Tennessee Aquarium
Closed through March 28th
  • Audubon Nature Institute (Audubon Zoo, Aquarium of the Americas, Audubon Insectarium)
Closed through March 29th
  • Shedd Aquarium
  • Racine Zoo
  • Oregon Coast Aquarium
  • Cameron Park Zoo
Closed through March 30th
  • Virginia Zoo
Closed through March 31st
  • Woodland Park Zoo
  • Seattle Aquarium
  • Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
  • Northwest Trek
  • Disney's Animal Kingdom
  • Steinhart Aquarium
  • Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
  • Georgia Aquarium
  • Stone Zoo & Franklin Park Zoo
  • National Aviary
  • Aquarium of the Pacific
  • Seneca Park Zoo
  • Riverside Discovery Center
  • SeaWorld Parks
  • Busch Gardens Parks
  • Sacramento Zoo
  • ZooAmerica
  • Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
  • Duke Lemur Center
Closed through April 1st
  • Toledo Zoo
  • Roger Williams Park Zoo
  • San Diego Zoo & San Diego Safari Park
Closed through April 3rd
  • Houston Zoo
Closed through April 4th
  • Brandywine Zoo
Closed through April 6th
  • Potter Park Zoo
  • Cosley Zoo
  • Wildlife Discovery Center
Closed through April 10th
  • Lincoln Park Zoo
Closed through April 13th
  • Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
  • Philips Park Zoo
Closed until further notice
  • New England Aquarium
  • National Zoo
  • Los Angeles Zoo
  • Birch Aquarium
  • West North Carolina Nature Center
  • Belle Isle Nature Center
  • Miami SeaQuarium
  • Henry Vilas Zoo
  • Sedgwick County Zoo
  • Lincoln Children's Zoo
  • Jacksonville Zoo
  • Alexandria Zoo
  • Minnesota Zoo
  • Buffalo Zoo
  • Calvert Marine Museum
Partial closure/grounds still open
  • Akron Zoo
  • San Francisco Zoo
  • Little Rock Zoo
  • Oregon Zoo
  • Living Desert Zoo
  • Discovery World (Reiman Aquarium)
  • Columbus Zoo
  • Zoo Atlanta
  • Tracy Aviary
  • Utah's Hogle Zoo
  • Cape May Zoo
  • Santa Barbara Zoo
  • Nashville Zoo
  • Brookfield Zoo
  • Alaska Zoo
  • Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
  • Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
  • Denver Zoo
  • Columbus Zoo
  • Lehigh Valley Zoo
  • Willowbrook Wildlife Center
Event cancellations but zoo remains open
  • Cincinnati Zoo
  • San Francisco Zoo
  • Milwaukee County Zoo
  • SeaWorld San Diego
  • Living Desert Zoo
  • Zoo Miami
  • Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo
  • Columbus Zoo
  • Zoo Atlanta
  • Adventure Aquarium
  • Indianapolis Zoo
  • Bronx Zoo
  • Santa Barbara Zoo
  • Saint Louis Zoo
  • Montgomery Zoo
  • Pueblo Zoo
  • Brevard Zoo
  • Alaska Zoo
  • The Wilds
  • Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
  • Como Park Zoo & Conservatory
  • Philadelphia Zoo
  • Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
  • Denver Zoo
  • Erie Zoo
  • Lehigh Valley Zoo
  • Brookfield Zoo
Open with 500 visitor limit
  • Rosamond Gifford Zoo
Open with limited tickets available
  • Denver Zoo
Open with 250 indoor visitor limit and no offsite parking
  • Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Monitoring but no cancellations or closures
  • Oakland Zoo
  • Aquarium of the Bay
  • North Carolina Zoo
  • Detroit Zoo
  • Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo
  • Zoo Tampa
  • Wildlife Conservation Society (Bronx, Central Park, Prospect Park, Queens, NY Aquarium)
  • Phoenix Zoo
  • Virginia Aquarium
  • Beardsley Zoo
  • Alaska SeaLife Center
  • St. Augustine Alligator Farm
  • Central Florida Zoo
  • Florida Aquarium
  • Baton Rouge Zoo
  • Dallas World Aquarium
  • Newport Aquarium
  • OdySea Aquarium
  • SEA LIFE Minnesota
  • Oklahoma Aquarium
  • Tulsa Zoo
  • National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium
  • Sequoia Park Zoo
  • Moody Gardens
 
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Austin Zoo is closing from today through March 20th.

Greenville zoo is closed until further notice.

Riverbanks Zoo is open but postponing events for this and next week.
 
Turtleback Zoo is closed starting today through March 27th.

Museum of life and science is closed starting today through the next two weeks.

Albuquerque BioPark is closing its indoor buildings and cafe through April 15th.

The maritime Aquarium is closed from March 13th through March 29th.

Shreveport Aquarium is reducing the sales of tickets to 50 every 30 minutes so there are less than 100 people in the aquarium at the same time.
 
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Milwaukee County Zoo will be closed til further notice

Caldwell Zoo will be closed til April 3
 
CuriOdyssey Is closed through April 3rd.

Living Coast discovery Center is closed from March 15th through April 5th.

All events have been cancelled at Folsom City Zoo.

Happy Hollow Zoo is closed until further notice.

Micke Grove Zoo has closed the gift shop and snack bar until further notice.

Shambala Preserve has closed this weekend starting today and finishing tomorrow.

Indianapolis Zoo is closing all its indoor exhibits and limiting the people in dolphin shows to just 200.

Louisville Zoo is canceling all events from March 13th through April 5th and the African Outpost and Wild burger will be closed.
 
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Buttonwood Park Zoo has cancelled all indoor events,the Toe Jam Puppet Band Show and closed the carousel.

Boston's Museum of Science has closed until further notice.

Vermont Institute of Natural Science is closed through March 22nd.

ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain will be closed starting today through April 15th.
 
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It's not fully comprehensive but here's the Google sheet. Feel free to continue updating the thread and let me know if I missed anything or if anything is outdated. I'll keep updating as new information becomes available.

I also opted not to include facilities that have been characterized as "Monitoring" on here simply because so many facilities have closed or cancelled events at this point. Many facilities that were monitoring earlier today have now closed. Facilities that were previously closed/experienced cancellations/limited visitor capacity but have since returned to normal operations will still be included on the sheet.

Link to sheet
 
Bergen County Zoo has closed "for at least two weeks" which I'd classify as until further notice.

I saw Bronx and the NY Aquarium put out statements earlier announcing they are still open but monitoring the situation and keeping an eye on visitor numbers in buildings (at least at the aquarium). Bronx has also closed the carousel.

~Thylo
 
Jungle Island closed until further notice.

Wild Adventures Theme Park will be closed starting Monday through March 27th

Philadelphia Insectarium will postpone most of the events in March.
 
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