The Louisville Zoo is the state zoo of Kentucky and a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Our collections, which include botanical gardens, are accredited by the American Association of Museums (AAM) and by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), which is building North America’s largest wildlife conservation movement by engaging and inspiring over 143 million visitors and their communities to care about and take action to help protect wildlife.

The Belle of Louisville is the oldest river steamboat in continuous use.

The Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville was built as a two-story hospital for people with Tuberculosis.

Louisville is home to one of the largest caverns in the United States…so large, it has been dubbed the “MEGA” Cavern