The History of Mesker Park Zoo
The presentation will be on August 24th at 6:30 PM at the Discovery Center at Mesker Zoo. This event is free, and the public is invited. Use the old entrance at St. Joseph and Bement.
For additional information, please contact Donna Bennett at the Zoo, Patricia Sides at Willard Library, or Fred Mulfinger of the Vanderburgh County Historical Society (each name is an email link). Here is a link to information from the Willard Library website.
Meanwhile, enjoy this video on the history of Mesker Park prepared for WNIN by the students in F. J. Reitz High School's Feel the History class.
Willard Library, Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden and M.T. Publishing have joined forces to create A Pictorial History of Mesker Park Zoo, a book documenting the rich history of Evansville's Mesker Zoo. This coffee-table style book will feature over 500 photos from Willard Library's own collection of never before published Zoo photos. Take a walk through the evolution of the Zoo as you visit exhibits from the past and encounter the new and exciting geographically grouped and realistically themed regions of today. Pre-publication prices are in effect until September 30, 2010 -- leather edition $74.95 and Deluxe Standard edition $37.50 plus postage. This 208 page book with 128 color pages is a 9 x 12 coffee-table style book with a hard cover and a dust jacket. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Evansville Zoological Society.