Kuratorenführung zur Sonderausstellung "150 Jahre Zoo in Düsseldorf"

In the organizer's words:

If you get off at the "Düsseldorf Zoo" stop today, you will search in vain, as the state capital has not had a zoo since the Second World War. Today, the grounds of Düsseldorf Zoo are a park and only a few traces remain of its former function and the over 1000 animals that were once cared for here.

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, the "Löbbecke Museum and Aquarium" emerged from the ruins of the war as the city's new zoological institution. In 2026, the Aquazoo Löbbecke Museum looks back on 150 years of history with an exhibition about polar bears, tigers and co. For the exhibition, the staff have delved deep into the institute's own archives and are showing photos of the zoo grounds and the animals kept there, some of which have never been published before. The progressive development of the institute up to the present day is also presented on the basis of numerous contemporary testimonies and archive documents. Among other objects, a special highlight will be the death mask of the male orangutan "Wambo", who once lived in Düsseldorf.

As part of a guided tour, exhibition and collection curator Dr. Stefan Curth will take visitors on an exciting journey through 150 years of Düsseldorf zoo history.

Registration is not required.
All you have to do is pay the entrance fee to the Aquazoo.
Meeting point: 5 p.m. in room M, special exhibition area between the tropical hall and penguin enclosure on the upper floor