Tree of Sports, Sixty-Foot Tall Simulated Tree

A giant 60-foot simulated tree in the center of The Children’s Museum Guild’s Fantasy Tree House of Sports in Indianapolis.

The $38.5 million, seven-acre, Riley Children’s Health Sports Legends Experience at The Children’s Museum in Indianapolis, Indiana opened to eagerly awaiting sports fans and museum patrons. The space consists of twelve outdoor exhibits, including a miniature baseball field, hockey rink, football field, race car tracks, basketball courts, and the Pete and Alice Dye Golf Experience.…

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Caribbean Coast Exhibit Construction at the Stone Zoo

Caribbean Coast Exhibit features a giant artificial rockwork entry feature and animal exhibit with large, life-like stones, landscaping, and trees.

The latest exhibit at the Stone Zoo, Caribbean Coast, completes the second phase of the new entry and welcome plaza project. This $4 million upgrade features four distinctive areas. Flamingo Flats, a 6,400 square foot walk-through aviary with American Flamingos, Scarlet Ibis, Macaws, and endangered Jamaican Iguanas. Caribbean Coast offers the only exhibit in New…

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Aquarium Construction Complete at the Pacific Seas Aquarium, Point Defiance Zoo

A large underwater aquarium at Pacific Seas is filled with fish swimming throughout artificial shotcrete rockwork and vines with faux corals attached.

The new 35,000 sq. ft. Pacific Seas Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington, highlighting the Pacific Ocean ecosystem, opened to the public on September 7th. American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA) members were able to visit the new aquarium as part of the annual AZA post-conference tour. Features of the New Pacific Seas Aquarium The $51.6 million…

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Carmen Micale Retires After 44 Years at COST!

A group of men gather to celebrate the retirement of Carmen Micale, a seasoned 44-year COST veteran.

As destiny would have it, long-time superintendent Carmen Micale began his 44-year career with COST performing simulated rockwork in Milwaukee, and today, he completes his final work at the Milwaukee County Zoo elephant exhibit. Traveling the nation over four decades, his projects aligned full circle. Carmen started in exhibit fabrication in 1974 as a COST…

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Calgary Zoo’s Panda Passage Exhibit Opens to the Public

A panda climbs along a fallen artificial tree trunk inside the Panda Passage habitat at Calgary Zoo.

The new $14,000,000 CDN Panda Passage exhibit at the Calgary Zoo opened this spring to tremendous crowds. The zoo animal exhibit replaced the former elephant building, which was transformed into a lush forest environment. The building roof was retrofitted to allow for numerous skylights. This enhancement dramatically improved sunlight for the natural plants that embellish…

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