The highlight of the 2024 Prague Zoo Annual Celebration will be the celebration of 65 years of the International Stud Book of the Převalské horse, which the Prague Zoo was entrusted with managing in 1959. This photo is also from the same year. Source archive Prague Zoo
On Saturday, September 28, the Prague Zoo will celebrate the 93rd anniversary of its opening. This time, the all-day program in the presence of special guests will be in the style of the 50s.
The central theme will be the celebration of 65 years of the International Stud Book of the Převalský horse, whose management the Prague Zoo was entrusted in 1959.
Together with the exhibition of historical photographs, the opening of the exhibition Return of the Wild Horses – Kazakhstan will take place at 2:30 p.m., which will present the first ever transport of Převalský’s horses to the Golden Steppe in central Kazakhstan. Photo by Miroslav Bobek, Prague Zoo
The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. at the Education Center with the launch of the new book by the director of the Prague Zoo, Miroslav Bobek, Breakfast with His Excellency, which will be tackled jointly by the British ambassador to the Czech Republic, Matt Field, and the president of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Eva Zažímalová.
The main celebrations will take place from 1 p.m. in front of the Gobi exhibition with the participation of the mayor of the capital city of Prague, Bohuslav Svoboda, the ambassadors of Mongolia and Kazakhstan in the Czech Republic, as well as well-known faces from the field of culture or sports. There will also be witnesses from among the employees of the Prague Zoo who connected their lives with the “rollers”. The last point of the day will be the revealing of the names of the capybara triplets at 3 p.m.
Throughout the day, live period music will be played in the area, and visitors will be able to comb their hair in the style of the 50s or have a photo booth, for example.
Framework program of the annual celebrations of the Prague Zoo 2024
11.00 Baptism and autograph signing of Miroslav Bobek’s new book Breakfast with His Excellency – terrace of the Education Center
13.00 93rd anniversary of the opening of the Prague Zoo and 65 years of the studbook of the Převalský horse – Gobi exhibition
14.30 Vernissage of the photographic exhibition Return of the Wild Horses – Kazakhstan – terrace of the Educational Center
15.00 Baptism of capybara – exhibition of capybaras and anteaters in the lower part of the zoo
Capybara cubs are very popular with visitors at the Prague Zoo. Their parents Kapík and Bára already have names, but the zoo will only reveal the names of this year’s triplets during the annual celebration on September 28 at 3 p.m. Photo by Petr Hamerník, Prague Zoo