Blank Park Zoo is having a glow up — literally. The annual Wild Lights Festival is back at Blank Park Zoo for its fifth year. This year's theme is animals, insects and plants. Visitors of all ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (WHO) — The Blank Park Zoo made use of some ... awesome opportunities for older kids too, to really get into ...

Though a few past visitors bemoaned the zoo's small size, reviewers also said it's a great place to take kids. Others appreciated the modest entry fees. The Blank Park Zoo is located about 5 miles ...

Kick off your weekend with a visit at Blank Park Zoo Thursday night for Night Eyes, the Halloween event that skips the scares in favor for fun for all ages. Families can also visit Living History ...

WEBVTT AME HIM SOON.M'S THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HOPPEDOVER TO THE EGG-STRAVAGANZA ATTHE BLANK PARK ... over the zoo for each age group. The Easter Bunny stopped by to take pictures with kids and ...

2000 Children crowded onto *** grassy hill at the blank park Zoo. Stevie Wonder in person all to themselves. No New Year's Day, these kids are from youth shelters, *** family violence center.

take them to the zoo. I happened to be in Des Moines with my young kids and they had a great time at the Blank Park Zoo. The zoo was originally a children's zoo and that history is still apparent.

For the adults at Blank Park Zoo, happy hour starts at 6 p.m. in the summer with the return of Zoo Brew — at least on Wednesdays. And, this year, Zoo Brew is finally old enough to have a drink ...

The Des Moines Urban Design Review Board has approved design plans for an $18 million expansion project at the Blank Park Zoo. In April ... location designed for kids. The new lion habitat ...