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Historic Buildings

The Zoo includes many historic buildings. The zoological museum was built in 1855, and the library building in 1867. The Aquarium was built in 1882 on land leased from the city on condition that only a museum ever be built on it. The wolf house (formerly an inn), and the Masman Garden House which now houses scarlet ibis were both on the site before the zoo was established.