Aug 24, 2010
(6:30 p.m.)
The Vanderburgh County Historical Society is sponsoring a special program on the history of Mesker Park Zoo, which was founded in 1928. The meeting will take place in the Discovery Center at the zoo, and the public is invited to attend. Please use the old parking lot (parking lot D) and old main entrance (off of Bement Ave.) to enter the zoo.
Please register for the program by following this link: http://www.willard.lib.in.us/calendar_of_events/event_details.php?eventID=372
Willard Library Archivist Patricia Sides will present an illustrated program featuring many images of the zoo captured by Evansville Courier photographer Karl Kae Knecht, the “father of the zoo,†during his long career at the newspaper. Information will also be available about the forthcoming book, A Pictorial History of Mesker Park Zoo, which is scheduled to be published later this year.
For more information about the program, call (812) 425-4309.
Event Location:
Discovery Center, Mesker Park Zoo and Botanic Garden
