Over 500 People Attend Palo Alto Grand Openings Of Zoo, Park: Video

PALO ALTO, CA — Over 500 community members celebrated the grand openings of the Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo and Rinconada Park last weekend.

The event included a ribbon-cutting ceremony and speaker's program to honor the renovations for both the park and the zoo — and, of course, free ice cream.

See a video of the festivities below:

The museum, which has been located temporarily at Cubberley Community Center since 2018 while the new facility was being built at Rinconada Park, is a place for children to play and learn about science and nature.

The new building is 15,085 square feet, nearly twice the size of the old building. It contains a new museum and education building, a new outdoor zoo and an upgraded parking lot. The museum offers hands-on science classes for approximately 18,000 students in about 60 local elementary schools, according to its website.

The park's renovations include a new playground, picnic area and elliptical machines and stationary bikes.